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Multi-Community Race: Spirit Users (Update)
DIR By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin
Date: December 12, 2021, 7:26 pm
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Community Special Race: Spirit Energy Users
"If you're to learn to use spirit energy effectively, you must
push your body past all the way to its breaking point. Only then
will you reach beyond your physical limit. Power like this must
be earned." - A teacher of spirit energy teaching a student
learning to use their spirit energy
Theme: Yurusenee (
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvylIGaHR4
)
Bio: When people think of spirit energy users, most think of
aura users. Which isn't untrue, though aura is a more
complicated way of using spirit and bodily energy designed to be
it's own skill set. Normal spirit energy is just as usable as
aura is, and there exists a skill set for basic spirit energy
users. Depending on the race, each race's spirit is usually
different, making this power harder to predict for different
races, such as death wraiths have darkness based spirit energy
or demons have very potent unholy spirit energy (Which is good
for spirit users to be unpredictable to opponents). Humans
usually have the most pure spirit energy, in which their energy
is more pure spirit and not hindered by anything like holy or
unholy energy. Races like demons have concentrated spirit
energy, and can focus more energy into their attacks. And races
like vampires and dragons have special abilities using their
spirits as well. Most don't really think about spirit energy
beyond their techniques that utilize spirit energy. However,
just like how mana users wanted to understand mana in order to
better use mana-based magic, spirit users developed this skill
set in order to better understand spirit energy and learn to
utilize spirit energy more effectively. This was also a skillset
originally designed by humans to fight supernatural and
death-based threats (like fighting hollows or dead souls that
attack humans). However, this soon grew beyond just humans, and
many other races started using the spirit user abilities as
well. There have been some powerful spirit masters over the
years, and plenty of spirit techniques that one can learn. And
since each race's spirit energy is different, this grants far
more variety to spirit users based on the race they are. Races
often learn to use special techniques using their spirit energy,
such as how death wraith Kierran Black uses his spirit energy
for unique techniques that use the dark nature of his spirit
energy, or the fire demon Hiei that uses spirit energy to power
his fire type techniques.
Race: Any race with a soul can use spirit energy usually, and
depending on the race, different races have different types of
spirit energy. And depending on a user's abilities, even some in
the same race may have different abilities, such as humans with
different abilities may gain certain spiritual natures (like how
hollow powered humans will gain a corrupted spirit energy that
replaces their normal spirit energy). Each race has different
spirit energies, which usually reflects whatever race they are.
The next thing to mention are hybrids, as hybrids often have
mixes of races spirits, often making spirit energy of hybrids
unique (and hard to predict because some hybrids may manifest
their spirit energy from other hybrids that have the same
heritage differently, depending on the hybrids. For example, a
fire dragon that was half demon had very potent fire-based
spirit energy (which also had a stronger unholy nature).
However, some hybrids have more than one nature as well, so a
hybrid doesn't have to just mix their natures. As an example,
demon/human hybrids have the ability to use both demon and human
power, but unless the two powers are combined, their energy
isn't as potent since only a part of their soul is one or the
other. Full members of races have stronger energy since their
energy is fully one type, but hybrids often have an advantage in
variety of spirit power in mixed natures or having more than one
nature. Each race has advantages and disadvantages based on
their spirit energy, such as death wraiths shadow based spirit
energy can be severely weakened by light attacks. Some races
also have advanced spirit energy capabilities depending on their
training, with some races having access to unique spirit
energies not available to other races such as dragons may learn
to access dragon force spirit when they access dragon force
(which races outside of dragons don't have). And some members of
races may have slightly different energies depending on the
person, as everyone is unique and some might have other
abilities using their spirits other people even in the same race
don't have.
Typical Spirit Energy Natures (Can't list every race obviously.
Players can ask if they need ideas for other races spirit energy
and unique effects):
- Human Spirit Energy: Humans have the purest spirit energy of
any race, as they have no invisible natures and their soul is
pure spirit energy with no unseen effects. This makes human
spirit energy very powerful when concentrated properly, and
means they're not as affected by nature effects of other races
spirit energy attacks. For example, demons and angels using
unholy or holy natures respectively won't do as much holy or
unholy damage to humans. Human spirit energy is often pretty
plain and able to be used against far more enemies than more
specific spirit energy types. Also, human spirit energy is far
more adaptable than most other races spirit energy, allowing for
easier combination with other energies or other powers due to
humans being more adaptable as a species. Among more unique
spirit natures, some humans have done things like gaining divine
spirit energy from tapping into divine natures through
meditation and there are also ancient shamans who have gained
purifying spirit energy. However, while they are more adaptable
and more pure in spirit energy, they lack the power some other
races have, but have an advantage in being able to take on
almost any kind of creature with their spirit power. Human
spirit energy is more like standard energy and can be countered
as such (meaning other energies more easily counter human spirit
energy since human spirit energy doesn't have any special
properties like other spirit energy types). If they have an
advanced nature, then those natures are weak to whatever their
natures are weak to (such as divine states spirit energy would
be weaker to demonic states), and every type of spirit energy
has some kind of counter (which may depend on the spirit power
one uses, but weaknesses and counters must be stated).
- Quincy Spirit Energy: Quincies are a special races of humans
that were gifted with a unique ability to use spirit energy
differently than normal humans, where Quincies learned to absorb
spirit energy from the air around them. Quincies gained their
spirit power to use their spirits to hunt down creatures like
hollows and use their spirit energy to destroy them. These
humans develop a special skillset usually separate from this
skillset, but some can still learn spirit energy as they desire.
Quincies specialize in spirit bows, using their spirit energy to
form bows and fire arrows of concentrated spirit energy.
Quincies specialize in absorbing spirit energy from around them,
and then they turn it into spirit destruction power that is
designed to kill hollows. Also, each Quincy has a different
unique ability depending on the mark on their soul manifesting
differently for each person (Usually in the form of a letter
that corresponds to a power they have), such as one having the
ability to create a prison of spirit energy to trap people, or
one that might have the ability to increase their defense using
special Quincy techniques. Quincies aren't quite as adaptable as
other spirit energy users, as their skill set is very unique and
specific, but those with Quincy abilities can learn how to use
basic spirit energy like other races to expand their abilities
(even though most don't, they can gain the spirit user skillset
if they train and/or find someone who can teach them how to use
spirit user abilities. For Quincies, their greatest strength is
their ability to absorb spirit energy from the air around them.
This is most evident with their Seeleschneider weapons they
developed with cut through objects and steal spirit energy from
the object or projectile they cut. For Quincies, their spirit
destruction spirit energy can be countered by other energies (as
long as its not spirit energy), or one can use spirit energy
they can sacrifice to stop the spirit destruction power
(essentially using spirit energy to trigger the spirit
destruction power safely away from their spirits to keep their
spirits from being destroyed).
- Demon Spirit Energy: Demons are another big spirit user race,
as their spirit energy is very highly potent, and many have
adapted as such to utilize different techniques based on their
unique demon natures they possess. Demons have highly
concentrated unholy spirits, and very powerful spirit energy as
a result which they use to their advantage. This means that
demon spirit attacks are far stronger than many other races of
the same level due to how potent their spirit energy becomes
when they turn into a demon. Because of this, demons don't have
to train in concentrating and condensing their spirit energy,
due to the fact that their energy is already concentrated far
more than other races. Demon spirit energy is more powerful
though than many other types of spirit energy, and still has
it's natural unholy element to a demon's spirit as one might
expect. Demons are more about power than any other race, making
their spirit energy among the most dangerous due to it being
used purely for destructive power. For demons, many also have
unique natures based on their spirit, since there are many types
of demons. For example, Kurama the spirit demon (London and
Olympus) is a fox demon reincarnated into a human soul that has
the power over plants which is reflected in his demonic spirit
energy where his spirit energy can affect plant seeds to grow
them into unique plants with demonic energy (such as how he uses
his spirit energy to grow a rose into his signature rose-whip
technique). There is more variety in unique demon types, since
there are so many, and usually its reflected in their demon type
(Such as a fire demon might have spirit energy that is also fire
type in nature. And since their spirit energy is stronger, they
usually need less of it to counter many opponents (meaning they
don't use as much spirit energy as most other races). However,
demon spirit is still counter-able by strong enough spirit
energy attacks, and those who know how this energy works can
still counter it like any other spirit energy. The only real
difference is the unholy element and the concentration of spirit
(as well as any special abilities the spirit energy may have due
to the type of demon it is). It is also worth noting that many
demons don't have positive spirit nature halves of their soul
like other races do (some only have their negative unholy
spirit), so those without cannot use positive spirit energy
techniques.
- Angel Spirit Energy: Despite angels and demons coming from the
same origin (as demons started out as fallen angels or angels
who had become corrupted and turned into demons), angels are a
bit different compared to angels. Angels energies aren't that
concentrated, and may seem weak since their energy isn't as
potent as demons or even humans, but the purity of the positive
spirit energy is extremely strong compared to other races that
they don't need concentrated spirit energy. Because of this,
angel spirits are typically far stronger than one would think.
Angels also have unique abilities using their spirit that other
races don't have. The first is that their spirit energy is more
like holy light infused spirit energy. Angel's spirit energy
also has a purification effect, in which they can purify any
kind of unholy energy, or corruption in others using their pure
spirit. As one who has seen an angel's true form can attest
(Assuming their eyes didn't burn out), their spirits are more
like bright rays of light that make up their center. Due to
this, some angels even develop holy light manipulation as a
result in addition to their spirit energy being similar to holy
light in nature. Angels have a very pure spirit, and a holy
nature to their spirit. Some may even have unique spirit
abilities, such as one nature-based angel had the ability to
affect plants with her spirit energy to bring them under her
control. While not as potent as humans, they manage to be just
as strong as other races. They use about as much spirit energy
as humans do, but their energy seems a bit thinner than other
races. Unlike demons who concentrate their spirit energy into a
smaller attack but with more power, angels have the same power
as other more powerful races. This often make their energy
easier to pierce by other races concentrated attacks, as
stronger and more concentrated attacks can take advantage of the
angel's thinner concentration of spirit energy, which does pose
a bit of a challenge for angelic spirit users. But if an angel
can hit with their spirit energy, it does intense holy light
damage and costs far less power to use because of it's less
concentrated nature.
- Fallen Angels: Fallen angels are a stage in between demon and
angel, where the angel has not become a demon yet. Fallen angels
have a unique spirit compared to angels, in which they are more
potent than angels in terms of spirit power, but not as powerful
as demons. Their spirit is neither holy nor unholy, but more of
an in-between of the two. Fallen angels have fairly normal
spirit energy with slightly enhanced power, with their energy
being more than some races, but less than those with enhanced
spirits like humans. Their spirit energies are not able to
purify like angels spirits, as they lose that ability when they
are cast from Heaven and separated from the holy power of
Heaven. Fallen angels are a neutral ground between angels and
demons, and have slight characteristics of both. However, their
energy is more like that of a humans, but with more of a
corrupted feel to it due to the fallen angels often being cast
out of heaven and being corrupted by their falls, which begins
their descent into becoming demons. Though this is a subject for
another time and mentioned in the fallen angel race profile.
Fallen angels are a fairly middle of the road power, being
balanced between potency, power and cost of power. Of course,
some can also gain unique spirit natures, such as some who have
tapped into the spirit realm for dark arts may have gained
spirit nature changes depending on what part of the shadow realm
they draw power from. For example, Zenrael in the London
universe gained power from the Xeles portion of the Shadow
Realm, and as such gained an enhanced darker nature to his
spirit energy that also possesses some power from Xeles'
whispering darkness energy. For the most part, fallen angels are
countered much like humans when it comes to spirit energy
attacks, unless they have unique natures which can be countered
as such (like darker natures from the shadow realm can usually
be countered by light, and some with corrupted natures can be
countered with spirit purification).
- Soul Reapers: Some human spirits eventually become soul
reapers after they die if they are sent to the Soul Society and
develop an affinity for soul reaper abilities (usually through
spirit presence training). When this happens, soul reapers are
trained to use spirit energy far more than most races, as their
entire skill set is based on spirit energy, and designed to
fight spiritual beings called hollows. For the most part, soul
reapers feel like spiritual humans in terms of spirit energy,
which reflects in their spirit energy where their spirit energy
is very similar to humans but with a stronger spiritual
presence. Most of their spirit abilities are focused through
their own type of soul-generated swords/weapon, termed
"zanpakuto", which are weapons manifested from part of their
spirit. This makes the weapon intelligent and able to commune
with the soul reaper, and almost all spirit energy is focused
through the zanpakuto unless the soul reaper has hollow power or
something else that allows them to use other special abilities.
Soul Reapers also have spirit attacks in the form of Kido, which
were specific skills that only soul reapers can normally use,
with exception to some altered versions made by other races like
the holy vampire holy arts that were designed to be used by
other races. Soul reapers spirit energy is often very strong,
especially when they go into second release forms for their
zanpakuto's (referred to as Bankai). And thanks to their
spiritual nature, they train and can get stronger through
training their spirit (such as soul reaper captains usually gain
their status by having immense spirit pressure trained up from a
normal level to a very high level). Most soul reapers don't
develop this kind of spirit user skill, but some can if they are
of other races or are unique enough in how they use their spirit
power. Some soul reapers can develop their spirit energy to
large levels where they have to be restrained in the living
world to avoid affecting the living with their energy. This is
most common in soul reaper captains and lieutenants who are
among the highest level soul reapers. Those that want to counter
can counter it just like human spirit energy, though one who
wants to fight soul reapers should learn about zanpakutos and
kido before facing them, and if they understand those powers,
they can counter most of what a soul reaper can do since they
mostly rely on those abilities.
- Death Wraiths: Death wraiths are known for being creatures of
the shadows. And this is evident also in their spirit energy,
which typically has a shadow element to it that reflects their
dark nature. Because of this, all death wraith spirit energy is
dark in nature (with only a few exceptions like hybrids and
death wraiths with mutations like Kitsune Resei). Death wraith
souls are not evil or good in nature, and their spirit energy is
just a natural neutral shadow-based spirit energy. Death wraiths
can use their spirit energy not just for spirit energy attacks
but the dark nature of their spirit energy can also interact
with the world around them, making it very useful for more than
just blasting opponents. For example, Kierran Black was able to
combine his spirit energy with his shadows for unusual
techniques, which other death wraiths may also be able to do
(depending on how creative they are with how they use their
darkness-based spirit energy. Death wraiths don't have too
concentrated spirit energies like humans or demons (even in
human form, their spirit energy is darkness-based), but have
strong spirit presence that gives off a dark presence. However,
it should be noted that while this is a darkness based spirit
energy, it is not the same spirit energy as dark spirits (Who
have a whole different shadow nature), and death wraith
darkness-based spirit energy is often only called dark spirit
energy to shorten the name a little rather than say "Darkness
based spirit energy" like most death wraiths say. A death
wraith's biggest advantage is that their spirit energy can get
stronger with the more shadows they absorb as well as through
physical and spiritual training, thanks to their dark natures.
However, light bursts like flashbangs and other concentrated can
be used to counter their spirit energy (though their spirit
energy can't be completely dispelled by light, only weakened as
the dark nature is destroyed in the spirit energy). Though some
have learned different spirit abilities over time and might
develop slightly different natures if they gain natures from
other races.
- Grim Reapers: Grim reapers spirit energies are purely life and
death energies, being incarnations of life and death due to
their job requiring them to be able to traverse the living and
death realms. For the most part, grim reapers spirits control
their own flow of life and death, where whichever side is active
can control their form. A grim reaper might increase the death
energy in their spirit to take a grim reaper form, or they could
increase life energy in their spirit to take a human-like form.
Thanks to this, their life and death energies reflect in
whatever form they are in (where their grim reaper forms utilize
death energy-based spirit energy, and their human forms generate
life-based spirit energy). Their spirit energy is also very
unique to them, as they use life and death energies when using
spirit power instead of positive/negative spirit power, and the
form they are in (which they can change at will) determines
which is more active than the other. While many grim reapers
were once dead souls recruited by Death, when they take the job
as a grim reaper, their spirits change to a life/death spirit
and they gain this balance of life and death energy in their
spirit. Depending on what form the reaper stays in normally,
usually depends on which form of energy they rely on, as human
form grim reapers will often use their death energy so they
don't use all their life energy. And depending on the person
they're fighting, grim reapers may have advantages against
certain types of opponents, such as undead being vulnerable to
life energy or a creature with life skills may be more
vulnerable to their death energy spirit power. Though other than
the life and death portion aspect of their spirit energy, their
spirits are typically a lot like that of humans except for the
fact that their spirit energy uses life and death to balance
itself. Those born as reapers often have human-like spirit
energy, but not as pure as humans due to the life and death
aspect. Grim reaper spirit can be countered just like any other
life or death energy, depending on what the grim reaper uses,
but depending on form the grim reaper is in, they become more
vulnerable to the opposing force (Such as their human forms
would be more vulnerable to death energy and dark energy, while
their reaper forms are more vulnerable to life energy and
positive energy).
- Dead Spirits and other Spirit types: Most spirits have to make
use of spirit energy since they have no other energies to use
(as they have no bodies to use their body's energies like mana
and chi/ki). Spirits who were once alive have the same energy
that they had in life, such as humans having normal human
spirit, or a dead dragon will have their elemental dragon
spirit. Depending on the spirit, they may develop abilities if
they are allowed to wander, most of the time risking them
becoming hollows or vengeful spirits if they remain on earth
(which many abilities for dead souls often involve some form of
corruption from either other spirits or from the living world's
energies affecting them if they don't go to the afterlife with a
grim reaper, soul reaper or death wraith). The abilities depend
on the race, but one thing they often develop is a spirit energy
that doesn't damage the living, but instead attacks the soul
directly, causing damage to the soul and resulting in damage to
the body's ability to generate energy, as well as the spirit's
ability to generate spirit energy. This is not just specific to
dead spirits, but other natural spirits that evolved solely as
spirits (Though this doesn't apply to spirits of the places like
the spirit realm or shadow realm since they have different
abilities that are not spirit energy). These creatures use
spirit energy to not attack mortal bodies, but the souls
themselves. This is very useful against almost any race, but far
more useful against things like soul reapers and death wraiths
who exist more in the spirit realm than the real world (and may
have been what this energy was originally designed to target
since many souls who generate this power often are souls running
from the afterlife. Damage done by this energy is usually
recovered with time, but those hit by this may get weakened as
they take more and more hits if attacks using this energy
continue to hit. This also cannot be used to destroy mortal
creatures and objects, as it passes through physical objects.
This means only those with spirits/souls can be attacked with
this. This also doesn't destroy spirits like some people think,
unless the dead soul has some kind of spirit destruction power
(which some may eventually gain, especially if they had spirit
destruction in life. Also note that spirit destruction can be
hurtful to dead souls/spirits).
- Hollows and Arrancars: Over time, there are rogue souls become
corrupted and become hollows as a result of corruption by a mix
of negative emotions and the energies of the living world. When
it comes to spirit energy, most people know hollows and
arrancars for their ceros, beams of purely destructive spirit
energy that are designed solely to blast things or people.
Hollows and spirits have more spirit energy than normal humans,
and once corrupted, their spirits generate far more power, which
increases even more as they get to higher ranks of hollow (once
they reach Menos Grande level), specifically raising immensely
if they manage to reach arrancar level (which requires them to
reach Vasto Lorde level first). Some hollows even have corrosive
spirit energies that act similar to acid, though this is
typically found more in weaker hollows, as stronger hollows
become more focused in power and lose the corrosive effect as
their energies become more focused. Normal hollows simply use
their own race's spirit abilities, having their specific
skillset, though more intelligent hollows can learn more spirit
energy use abilities as time goes on and they rise in power.
Arrancars are a different kind of beast though, and are hollow
versions of soul reapers. As such, they have zanpakutos like
soul reapers, but instead of going into shikai and bankai, they
have resurreccion forms which is the incarnation of their true
power where they use zanpakutos slightly differently from soul
reapers. For arrancars, their zanpakuto acts like a seal,
sealing their true power and form while they remain in a more
soul reaper-like state. In terms of spirit energy, their spirit
energy is used through their hollow abilities and resurreccion
forms. Arrancars also have their own specific skillset not
related to typical spirit energy users. Arrancars and hollows
have corrupted spirit energy, and this is reflected in their
nature. And their spirit energy is not nearly as adaptable as
humans are, which makes their spirit energy harder to use in
combination with other spirit energies unless it's part of their
unique powers. Anyone wanting to counter this spirit energy can
do so more easily with spirit purification, since spirit
purification can severely weaken a hollow's power and can even
destroy them so the soul that turned hollow can be purified of
the corruption.
- Vampires, Werecreatures and Werepyres: Vampires and
werecreatures are fairly similar in spirit to humans, as both
races are essentially cursed humans, except for the effects of
their spirit energy. For werewolves, werewolves typically have a
cursed spirit nature that essentially reflects their
werecreature, while vampires have a dark spirit nature that is
not too different from death wraiths (except that vampires
aren't as adaptable to using shadows). In between are also
werepyres, who have cursed darkness natures (combining the
werewolf and vampire natures). However, there are different
types of vampires and werecreatures, and there are some with
different types of natures depending on the werecreatures or
vampires. For example, some werewolves skilled in magic have
magic based spirits where their spirit has a magic nature
instead of a cursed nature, or there are also holy vampires who
have a pure positive nature. Vampires and werewolves mostly
follow the same rules as humans, since vampires and
werecreatures are usually humans who have been cursed, and even
those born werewolves and vampires have that human-like nature
still in their spirit energy. Depending on the clan and their
training, spirit energy is sometimes used in a werewolf or
vampire's clan/tribe arts. As an example, the Darkfire Clan (a
vampire clan in many universes, but some universes they are
demons or even humans) is often known for using their spirit
energy usually either for aura use or in combination with
elemental abilities. For werewolves, there are some clans that
specialize more in spirit energy abilities due to their
spiritual nature. Vampire and werewolf spirit energies are less
adaptable than humans due to their cursed nature, but still
fairly adaptable and can still be used for many different
purposes. While not as concentrated as a race like demons,
vampires and werewolves can use their spirit energy for a
variety of vampire and werewolf specific powers, with each race
having their own clans and race specific spirit abilities. Most
of the time, there are specific holy weapons and powers designed
to fight the cursed natures of vampires and werewolves, such as
the Church often has people who specifically train to fight
vampires and werewolves, or certain supernatural hunter families
have specific skills for taking down vampires and werewolves or
may even have weapons specific to fight them.
- Dragons: Dragons have a very unique spirit since they are
unique creatures. For dragons, their spirits are elemental based
on nature depending on the dragon and what abilities they have.
For full dragons, they have much stronger and denser spirit
energy due to their full dragon soul and power. However, after
doing things like using dragon stones or human/dragon contracts,
their spirit energy becomes much more human-like in nature
(though they retain their elemental spirit power when using
spirit energy). Depending on their change, most dragons usually
gain stronger spirit energy, and reduced cost. No matter the
dragon though, they retain their elemental nature in their
spirit, which leaves their spirit with elemental effects. For
example, a fire dragon will have fire-based spirit energy, where
their spirit energy generates flames, or a darkness dragon will
have a spirit energy that generates darkness. Depending on the
type of dragon, the dragon will have a spirit that reflects its
elemental nature, and some advanced dragons may even have more
than one type of spirit energy (such as bone dragons have
darkness and fire energy). Advanced states of dragon spirit
include elder dragons who have more focused spirit energy that
is stronger through being more concentrated rather than being
more powerful in the traditional sense, and dragon force which
can grant advanced dragon abilities that grants unique
abilities. Usually, few dragons rely on their spirit energy, but
those that do use spirit energy often have useful spirit
energies. And since their spirit energy is not true elemental
energy (while it does generate elementals, it's not elemental in
nature), this can bypass elemental immunities as the spirit
energy can still damage other elemental users of the same
element. For the most part, the most common way dragons use
spirit energy is when they use dragon skills that may utilize
their spirit energy. If an opponent wants to counter dragon
spirit energy, the best way is with things like dragon hunter
power/items, or one can use counter elements to counter the
elemental power of the spirit energy.
- Demi-Gods and Gods (Olympus Only): Godly spirit energy is
something unique to deities and demi-gods, which is usually seen
more in universes like the Olympus universe. For the most part,
the spirit energy may depend on the deity and pantheon they come
from, with some like the Dragonball Pantheon having more godly
ki than spirit, or some gods having godly spirit energy that is
holy in nature while demon gods have unholy spirit energy
natures. Some gods are even neutral spirit power in nature. This
depends solely on the god and pantheon, and even in the same
pantheon, some may have different spirits. However, their spirit
energy usually has some form of godly energy to it, and
sometimes deities and demi-gods may have extra spirit effects
depending on the power they have (Such as Zeus children may have
spirit energy that generates godly spirit lightning). Deities
spirit energy is usually far stronger than most mortal beings,
and can use stronger spirit energy powers. However, they do have
less potent spirit energy, meaning they use more power. When
gods and demi-gods use godly energies, it's often to use other
special godly abilities, such as children of Zeus using
lightning and wind abilities. For the most part, each godly
nature is different, and hard to predict, though most have far
stronger spirits than most other creatures. However, the main
downside is that gods often rely on worship from humans to draw
power from, which can weaken some deities if they don't have
enough followers. Over time, this makes some deities stronger,
though some deities don't rely on worship of their human
worshipers. Deities are the hardest to predict because of the so
many pantheons and gods that one has to go on an individual
level. Demi-gods are also somewhat difficult to predict, as
demi-gods not only have half of their natures depending on their
godly parent, but also depending on what kind of mortal they
are, some may have different spirits (such as Raiden Kindron in
the Olympus universe being half vampire instead of being half
human so he has a dark spirit nature of a vampire). This depends
on their heritage and whatever other spirit nature they have.
Some are able to fuse human spirit energy with godly spirit
energy to create their own hybrids of energy. However, unholy
powers, and to some extent, neutral powers can be used to
counter these spirit energies. And god-killer powers, items and
energies also work very well against deity and demi-god spirit
energy.
Equipment:
- Spirit User Weapons/Equipment: There are many spirit users
that start out by finding ways to gain or have made special
equipment that will help them more easily focus their spirit
energy. For example, one spirit user used a spirit concentration
ring that allowed them to focus their spirit energy more easily
while they were learning to first use their spirit. Some with
less controllable spirit powers may also choose to use spirit
focusing equipment as well, due to the fact that spirit focusing
equipment can help those with difficulty controlling or using
spirit energy. There are also some that use certain equipment or
weapons to help focus certain abilities, such as someone may use
a sword to focus spirit energy to fire attacks, or a user might
focus certain abilities using items like how some Church members
utilize holy items and use their spirit energy to activate
certain items. There are a variety of options available for
spirit focusing equipment and weapons, so most users can usually
find something to help them if they need it. The next thing to
mention are higher level spirit users who use spirit suppression
equipment. Some higher level spirit users have trouble
controlling their spirit due to the high level of spirit they
possess, so they may choose to utilize spirit suppression
equipment that might be used to reduce their spirit level. There
are also those that may want to train by restraining their
spirit and training at a lower level for greater increases in
spirit power, by using spirit suppression until they want to
fight a higher level opponent and then releasing their full
power. Those that have trouble controlling or containing their
spirit energy can benefit from spirit suppression, and doesn't
have to mean that a user cannot control their power on their
own. Among items include an eye-patch used by soul reaper
Kenpachi Zaraki who uses it to restrain his massive spiritual
aura, or some who have used spirit suppression rings (which can
restrain someone's spirit energy when the ring is worn. The last
thing to note is that some also wear spirit containment
equipment, in order to contain their energy. This is another
strategy by stronger and less controlled spirit users, who use
equipment like special armor or even a spirit containment ring
to hold back their spirit energy (usually as a means to keep it
from leaking out and either damaging an area or to keep them
from leaking out energy and wasting it). Of course, each of
these items is more helping a spirit user better use their
spirit energy in some way, and without them, the user will lose
the support of whatever items they are using.
Basic Spirit Energy User Abilities:
- Spirit Energy Manipulation: Obviously, the first step to
learning spirit energy is identifying one's spirit energy and
learning to tap into it. Once one has identified their spirit
energy, the user has to learn to utilize their spirit energy in
order to create attacks. There are many ways to use spirit
energy, which usually starts out as learning to manipulate it
into constructs, attacks and even learning to focus it into
physical attacks. This skillset is designed around this spirit
energy, and using it to fight opponents, whether they are
humans, supernaturals or even deathly threats like hollows and
dead souls (which this skillset was originally designed to
combat). When one thinks of specific spirit energy skillsets,
most people think of soul reapers, hollows and arrancars or they
may think of holy vampires, and some might even think of aura
users who use aura as a type of spirit energy. The good thing
about this is that any race can learn to utilize this as long as
they have a soul (not just being limited to races like soul
reapers, hollows and dead souls), and doesn't require
"affinities for spirit energy" to utilize since everyone has the
ability to focus spirit energy. In order to use this, one only
needs to train their physical, mental and spiritual stats in
order to more easily concentrate their spirit energy. While some
may have weaker spirit energy than others, any one with a soul
can learn this power. The only affinities that make a difference
is that some may have unique affinities for certain spirit user
skills that make them easier to use, such as one human who had a
particularly strong spirit sense and was able to use it more
easily once he learned how to focus spirit energy. Spirit energy
has become another energy user type people can learn, and is a
skillset that can also be learned alongside others, such as one
universe, the human Darkfires connection to their spirit energy
could lead to them gaining spirit user abilities. For the most
part, this energy is unique dependent on the race, but each
race's spirit energy has some major counter in addition to
normal energy counters (such as other energies like mana and ki
being able to combat spirit energy), such as death wraith
spirit being weakened severely by concentrated light attacks.
For the most part, countering this works like countering any
other energy otherwise.
- Spirit User Spirit Balance Mastery: In order to train in
spirit user abilities, a spirit user must first master their own
spirit energy, in order to utilize their energy properly. Before
training can even begin, the user must learn a few different
things. The first is that they must learn how to tap into their
positive and negative spirit energy, and the second is that they
must learn how to manage their own unique balance. Most spirit
users must learn this before they can move on to other abilities
so that they can learn to properly focus their spirit energy.
Depending on the user, spirit users will often have varying
amounts of soul energy, as well as having different balances,
making it imperative that the spirit user trains and learns
about their own spirit. By tapping into their spirit, they
eventually learn to utilize their negative spirit energy and
their positive spirit energy and find balance in their souls.
This is not just about fighting with spirit energy, but this
balance is also used to help users control their spirit power,
and learned to help them grow in body, mind and spirit. This
requires heavy meditation, and the ability to focus inward which
has to be learned to utilize this. Thanks to this training,
spirit users typically are very inwardly focused, and learn to
master their spirit as the first step in their training.
Depending on the spirit user, every user typically has a
different balance, so each user must find that balance, and
learn how to maintain that balance. Depending on the user
though, there are some that are special cases, such as holy
vampires don't have negative spirit energy and only have
positive spirit energy. Depending on the spirit energy, spirit
energy also may have unique effects depending on the spirit
energy used since each race may have unique aspects to their
spirit energy. Of course, while balancing one's spirit is
necessary to learning to focus spirit power, not being able to
maintain this balance can cause one's spirit energy to go out of
control, especially for more powerful spirit energy users. For
this reason, those with stronger spirit energies may restrain
their energy to maintain a lower level of balance.
- Spirit User Unique Spirit Aspect Effects: The next step to one
learning to utilize their spirit energy is learning what unique
spirit type they have, and what effects their spirit energy can
have. For example, demons have stronger and much more
concentrated spirit energy, while angels have less concentrated
spirit energy but have a holy light effect using spirit energy.
Each race has different effects when using spirit energy, and
each spirit user must experiment and understand what effects
they have. By understanding their spirit energy and what aspects
it has, they can then learn to utilize these effects and train
their spirit energy to utilize these aspects. This is a basic
training ability, where a user needs to only start focusing
their spirit energy and they can start to study the effects
their spirit energy has. There are a lot of different spirit
types out there, and each race is different. That's also not to
mention how different some users are that have more unique
spirit powers. For example, human divine state users may tap
into their divine spirit energy and gain a unique divine state
which may be different for each person, or a dragon may tap into
dragon force power at some point in their life and learn to
utilize their unique dragon force power (usually dependent on
the type of dragon and what elements they command). This is even
more unique on race hybrids, as different supernatural hybrids
may develop different spirit effects, such as one human/demon
hybrid was able to utilize human and demon energy separately,
but could also mix them together at will. How this is used in
battles is usually up to the user once they learn it, and some
unique effects may be able to lead to other abilities being
used, such as death wraith Kierran Black who uses his death
wraith spirit energy to manipulate shadows for special unique
techniques. While this makes a lot of spirit users unique in how
they can use their power, it does also make it slightly harder
to train, as everyone may have to train their spirit energy
differently in order to master their own unique spirit effects.
This has led to some even having to modify certain spirit user
skills slightly in order to use them, depending on the race and
person such as one fire dragon spirit user who couldn't use the
spirit wave technique because his fire spirit kept exploding
when the fire dragon focused it. And of course, all spirit
effects are counter-able in some form.
- Advanced Spirit User Skill: Positive/Negative Spirit Energy
Application: When spirit users learn to use their spirit energy,
advanced users learn how to use positive and negative spirit and
apply them instead of just using spirit energy on its own
(usually to enhance their spirit energy use). Users already
learn to balance it when they learn spirit energy, but this
involves more of the applications of using positive/negative
spirit energy. The first step is identifying what spirit power
one has, and what can be used, such as a holy vampire would have
to identify that they don't have any negative spirit and would
only have positive spirit energy. Once identified and a user can
access this power after balancing it, a user then learns to
apply it to their spirit user techniques and combat abilities.
The most famous application of this is among the Darkfire clan
who uses positive and negative spirit to combine them to
elementals to create their signature elementals. However, this
is not the only application, as users aren't just limited to
combining their spirit energy with other energies. Users can
apply positive or negative spirit energy to their spirit energy
attacks, determining how they attack by focusing either their
positive or negative spirit energy. This grants users the
ability to do more than just fire blasts of spirit energy (which
can be fired without this training, as it would just be pure
spirit energy rather than a specific focused spirit energy). And
while the users can use spirit energy on its own, using positive
or negative spirit energy can enhance the spirit energy to
specific aspects of the spirit energy. For example, a spirit gun
fired using positive spirit energy will have a positive nature
that can do more damage to those with a negative spirit nature.
Depending on how its used, there are a variety of skills and
techniques that can use this training, and a user just has to be
creative in how they apply this training. The only downside is
that using this tends to make it more easily countered by
opposite powers (positive spirit counters negative spirit and
vice versa), and those that want to counter this can counter
spirit energy more easily with powers that counter the positive
or negative aspects respectively.
- Spiritual Energy Enhanced Spiritual Attack: Because spirit
users tend to attract certain kinds of spirits to them, spirit
users have learned to fight against spirits that may try to
attack them. Since many spirit users suffer attacks from the
spiritual plane, spirit users have learned to attack enemies not
physically present. This not only allows them to attack things
like ghosts, hollows and other spiritual presences, but this
also allows spirit users to attack dark spirits using their
spirit energy. By using the focus and power of their spirit
energy, the spirit user focuses their spirit to attack on the
spiritual plane, rather than attack the physical. Because of
this, users don't just do physical damage with their spirit
energy but do spiritual damage to opponents. This is meant to
attack spirits, and other things not on the physical plane, with
some users even being able to attack spiritual beings like
demons and angels whether they're in a physical body or not by
attacking their spirit more than their physical body. This is
especially effective when used on spiritual presences when a
spirit is possessing others, as the spirit user's spirit energy
can be used to damage both the possessed body and the spirit or
entity possessing the person. With enough attack and power, some
spirit users can even grow to a level where they can destroy
spirits (usually requiring special skills and training to do
so), which can be very useful to fight spirits that might come
against the user. This is effective on almost any spiritual
opponent, as long as the spirit user can damage whatever they
are attacking. This is very useful since many spirit users might
get targeted by hollows or spirit users, which is a major
problem for them. While this is very useful for attacking
spiritual users though, the spirit user does have to hit the
opponent with their attacks in order to do damage, as well as
the spirit user has to overcome the spirit presence of the being
they are attacking. If the being they are attacking has stronger
energy than them, then this spirit energy will do high reduced
damage (if it does damage at all).
- Spirit User Enhanced Spirit Pressure: One of the most notable
effects of spirit users and those that have spirit energy
abilities is that many of them gain enhanced spirit presences
which show their spiritual power. This presence radiates from
the body in its aura, and gives off spirit pressure depending on
the strength of the spirit energy. This is a passive effect
which is emitted from the body, where the body's emitted spirit
energy puts pressure on the environment around them. How this
energy senses depends on the being and what kind of spirit
energy they have, but all spirit energy reacts similarly to the
environment, which comes from a spirit user. Stronger spirit
users have a stronger effect on the environment, where the
strongest spirit energy users may have presences that can create
intense gravity that can put immense pressure on an area. How
far this presence extends, and how powerful the presence is
depends solely on how powerful the spirit user is, and if they
utilize certain things like spirit suppression to keep their
spirit energy suppressed. Many stronger spirit users who have
intense gravity to their spirit presence will often wear spirit
suppression equipment to prevent their spirit energy from having
a negative effect on the environment around them, while weaker
spirit users will often wear items that will help increase their
spirit power and focus to help them match higher level spirit
users. For the most part, this is a passive skill, but can be
used to one's advantage, such as how hollows utilize spirit
coming from the body to enhance their skin passively in their
Hierro technique so that their spirit presence can be used to
strengthen their skin. This also is responsible for the body and
supernatural power amplification (more later) when using spirit
energy. While it's not always useful on its own, some users have
learned to tap into their spirit presence in order to either
contain the energy to retain as much spirit energy as they can,
or some may learn to draw on their spirit presence (a common
trend among demons who use spirit power). For the most part,
this is mostly just a passive skill that is determined by the
strength of the spirit user. Stronger spirit users will often
have trouble because they may release too much spirit energy,
but weaker spirit users may need spirit concentration equipment
in order to use stronger spirit powers.
- Spirit User Spiritual Aura Defense: Almost all spirit energy
users develop their spiritual aura, which is usually present in
their spiritual pressure/presence. The first use of the
spiritual energy aura is a passive defense, that can defend the
user thanks to the spirit energy being able to dampen attacks
(if strong enough) and reduce damage from attacks. Similar to
those like the Darkfires who use elemental auras, spirit energy
users can use their spiritual auras as a passive defense in the
same manner. Users can develop this as long as they can train
their aura (some stronger spirit users may have trouble with
this unless they have something to help them control their
spirit presence), and can learn to use their spirit aura to
defend themselves. While nowhere near as powerful as more
concentrated attempts at using energy for defense, this does
allow a user to utilize spirit energy as a defense without
needing to do anything. Unlike other aura abilities, this has no
active or inactive state, unless one suppresses their spirit
energy when not using it (usually through spirit suppression
items). And depending on the spirit energy, this aura can have
different effects depending on the spirit energy used. For
example, demons having stronger and more concentrated spirit
energy would make a much stronger spirit aura that can dampen
attacks far more effectively, or an angel's spirit aura could be
used to dampen unholy energy attacks since their spirit aura
would be purifying in nature. The effects depend mostly on the
user and their skillset, as well as their race and heritage.
There are some other techniques for this as well, such as some
who have techniques that can use the aura specifically, or
spirit attack/defense skills that use more concentrated focuses
of spirit energy to defend specific parts of the body (More
later). Of course, as one might expect, getting through a spirit
energy is a matter of strength and focus, where users can break
through one's spirit aura if they have the strength or focus to
do so. For example, those with the focus to negate energy using
certain focus skills could more easily break a spirit user's
aura, and those with stronger energy can also more easily break
spirit aura.
- Spirit Aura Physical and Supernatural Amplification: Similar
to abilities like mana amplification and ki amplification,
spirit energy users also gain this ability as well. Those with
spirit energy that learn to utilize it and train it will gain
spirit-based passive amplification by learning to focus their
spirit energy and draw it out. When spirit energy is running
through the body, the body's physical and supernatural stats are
amplified by one's spirit aura, making them stronger than they
normally would be. As one might expect, this amplifies the
body's physical stats, increasing what a user can do when the
user is focusing spirit energy. This also includes a user also
gaining spirit energy amplification in their supernatural
abilities as well, where their spirit energy amplifies their
other supernatural skills. For example, spirit users may have
other skillsets, and those skillsets can receive an
amplification from spirit energy depending on the skillset. For
example, one soul reaper learned spirit user abilities and the
increased focus on spirit helped them use stronger kido
abilities and strengthened their zanpakuto abilities. This
amplification works as long as the body has spirit energy, and
stronger spirit energy can increase the amplification of this
application of spirit energy. The good thing about this skill is
that it can be strengthened through training and focus as the
spirit user grows, whether it's physical training to train the
body, spiritual training for stronger amplification, or a
combination of the two for both effects. Even a normal human who
uses this amplification (as long as they have a moderate level
of spirit energy) can usually use this amplification to keep up
with other supernatural type opponents, and can use this in
combat without even having to think about it. The only time that
this deactivates or is not usable is if the user either
restrains their power (which is useful for those that have
harder time controlling their abilities) or the user runs out of
spirit energy. Other than that, this amplification can also be
overpowered by stronger and more focused opponents, and can be
countered by other supernatural energy amplifications (like mana
amplification or chi/ki amplification).
- Spirit User Soul Protection Training: Those that learn spirit
energy are often taught how to protect their soul, specifically
against those that want to steal their soul since there are so
many soul eaters in the world. In this training, a user learns
to focus their spirit energy to protect their soul, usually
putting energy around their spirits to protect their spirit from
outside influences. This has a few uses, such as making it very
difficult for soul eaters to steal their soul. By putting
protection around their spirit, a soul eater has to break
through this spirit energy or absorb all the spirit energy
before the spirit user's soul can be taken. And even if a user's
soul is absorbed, the spirit user can actually keep putting
protection around their soul to prevent the soul eater from
being able to fully utilize the soul and keep the soul from
dissolving into the mass of souls most mortals who eat souls
become. This means that many spirit users, even if their soul is
taken, have protection to avoid their souls being used by
others. This protect also protects the spirit against things
like corruption, such as some spirit users will use this to
prevent their soul from being corrupted and turned into a hollow
if they die, or a user may use this to keep certain energy
poisonings from affecting their soul. This ability is a great
way to learn to protect one's spirit, and allows a user to find
different ways to protect themselves. Some may even come up with
unique methods to protect their spirit, such as one half demon
and half human hybrid used a barrier around their soul to
protect themselves from being overtaken by demon energy when
they went into full demon form (essentially allowing them to use
a full demon form and maintain their mind without losing control
like they were previously). When it comes to this protection, it
can be very useful, but is not completely indestructible, as
some opponents can still break this protection and steal one's
soul, or corrupt the soul if their energy can break this
protection. It is also worth noting that this protection also
only works as long as a user has spirit energy, and if they are
out, they cannot use this skill.
- Soul Healing/Soul Purification: Those with spiritual energies
are able to use their spirit energy to heal souls that have been
damaged to a degree by transferring some of their spirit energy.
Those with permanent soul damage or souls that have taken heavy
damage are usually weakened or they may be affected physically
by it, but those with spirit energy are able to heal that damage
depending on their spiritual natures to a degree. Some are able
to do this more easily than others, such as angels and holy
vampires who specialize in more positive spirit energy powers.
Some races like demons and death wraiths who use darker sides of
their souls may have a harder time utilizing this skill.
However, each race does have some ability to heal through spirit
energy transfer, where the spirit user uses the spirit energy in
another's body to amplify the life energy in the body to heal
itself. And in addition to healing, spirit users can also use
their spirit energy to remove corruption and tainting of souls
and spirits to a degree, with some races being better at it than
others. By using spirit energy to counter corruptions and
tainting, a spirit user can usually find a way to use this to
help remove energy corruption if a user is smart about how
they're using their spirit energy. For example, a spirit user
may counter demonic energy poisoning by using positive spirit
energy to counter the demonic spirit energy. Spirit users can
use this on themselves or on others (usually allies), and can
use this as long as they are willing to transfer spirit energy.
However, it is worth noting that that some spirit natures may
have additional ability to use this depending on the spirit they
have, such as angels being able to more easily heal and purify
with their spirit energy. However, one cannot bring someone back
from death, and in order to counter certain conditions, the user
has to know what is causing the problem. For example, this may
not work on normal illnesses, but if the user knows enough demon
energy poisoning, then they may be able to counter it with their
spirit energy. And with healing, one has to learn to utilize
spirit energy that won't be harmful to the person they want to
heal, as some spirit energies can react negatively, such as
angelic and demonic spirits clash and would likely cause more
pain and injury if an angel tried to heal a demon or vice versa
(though it would be possible, just painful).
- Spirit User Astral Projection/Astral Possession: This ability
comes with being able to access the spiritual, and is something
spirit users learned to do by accident. Those that are in tune
with their spirits are able to project their spirits when they
desire through astral projection by separating their spirit from
their body. Many are familiar with the concept of an "out of
body" experience, but spirit users learn to utilize it when they
choose to thanks to their enhanced spiritual training. When
projected, there are a few things that one can do when in astral
projection. Those with this are able to go to the Veil where
spirits are usually found, or the user can attempt to go to the
Spirit Realm, which is a realm where natural spirits reside, if
they are able to perceive the spirits. Typically, this allows a
user to more easily access spiritual planes, where they can go
there as a spirit rather than as a physical being. A major use
for this is that some spirit users learn to interact with dead
spirits this way, since some spirits are harder to interact with
in the living world under normal circumstances. However, because
of people like Barbas who found ways to use this more
creatively, there are also other ways to use this as well. Some
more devious users have learned to use this to follow people and
whisper suggestions to them, as a means to try and mislead them,
or some have even learned to possess others using this ability.
Advanced users of this can even go into people's dreams as well,
even being able to take control of someone else's dreams once
they learn how the dreaming process works from inside the mind.
This technique can be quite useful to certain spirit users
depending on what they use it for. However, the major danger is
what happens when one is in astral projection, because their
body remains vulnerable while they are in this form (since they
are not technically in their body, their body could be attacked
and they likely wouldn't know). Another danger to this is that
when one accesses places like the spiritual or astral plane,
their spirit may be noticed by other entities, with the major
one being dark spirits who may attack them to try when in astral
projection. For the most part, there is one general rule to
remember when dealing with the spirit plane: When you see them,
they see you. Other than that, things like possession and astral
suggestion still work just as one would think, and the same
weaknesses apply as they would to any other uses of these
powers.
- Spirit Energy Constructs/Projectile Creation: As one might
imagine, this is the main method of attack using spirit energy.
Those that learn to utilize spirit energy learn to focus their
spirit energy into spirit energy attacks that they can use to
fire at enemies. Many are familiar with certain techniques like
soul reaper Kido, or the hollow's cero techniques, which are
applications of this concept. When using this, there are many
ways to use spirit energy to attack enemies. In terms of
focusing energy for projectiles, there are a few ways to do
this. One could fire a spirit energy like a beam attack, similar
to how ki users fire waves of ki at enemies, or one could fire
concentrated blasts of spirit energy at their opponents. Another
method of using spirit energy is that many spirit users can
create spirit constructs, forming spirit energy into forms they
can use (For example, the Spirit Sword technique creates a sword
of spirit energy as a construct of spirit energy). Depending on
how it's used, there are many ways to use spirit energy in
projectiles and constructs which can be done depending on the
skills of the user and if they learn certain techniques. For
example, some human spirit users learned the spirit gun, a
concentrated spirit energy attack that blasts opponents with raw
spirit energy. When used, not only are there many ways to use
this (while there are many in the spirit techniques/skills
section, the ones listed are nowhere near every spirit energy
technique out there), but each person using it could apply their
own unique effects to techniques for different effects. For
example, the human spirit gun was learned by a demon who was
able to fire far more concentrated spirit guns due to using his
more concentrated demonic energy that was able to overpower
normal uses of the spirit gun. This mostly depends on the user,
how they're trained, and how creative they are with how they
concentrate spirit energy. There are many variations of ways to
use this, and many users can even create their own unique spirit
energy skills, but this particular power mostly just covers
basic uses of this skill, where users can create blasts,
constructs and other ways to use spirit energy to attack or
defend. For the most part, any spirit energy used can still be
countered like normal spirit energy, and unique effects can also
be countered just as they normally would be (like holy energy
could counter demonic spirit energy).
- Spirit/Soul Summoning: This ability allows a user to tune into
their spirit, specifically allowing a user to learn to tap into
parts of their spirit and summon things within their spirit. The
most common examples of this include the death wraith soul sword
technique where death wraiths tap into their spirit and gain
soul bound weapons. Another example of this are certain
manifestations of spirit, such as Pai Zhua users are able to
summon animal spirits from within their spirit by tapping into
their own animal spirits. Users deep in connection with
themselves are able to tap into their spirit and find things
within their spirit to summon if they have hidden aspects in
their spirit. Many spirit users have some form of aspects of
their spirit that they don't know about, and spirit user
training can help one focus on these aspects and use them. Of
course, this also depends on the skillsets and abilities one
has, as some skillsets are better at using this than others.
This is not to be confused with connecting outside items to
one's spirit, or about spirit storage techniques, as this skill
only covers drawing out things within one's soul and learning to
summon them from their soul. Depending on what is summoned, and
the skill used, spirit users can learn a variety of techniques
and only need to find a way to awaken whatever it is they want
to summon. Once a user is able to utilize this, they can summon
whatever is in their soul freely, with the most common examples
including one's animal spirit (via Pai Zhua training), soul
bound weapons (usually common among death wraiths, soul reapers
and arrancars, but not limited to them), and spirit familiars
generated from the soul (which some do have spirit familiars
that can be generated from within their spirit). When summoned,
whatever summoned is able to be used depending on what is
summoned, where familiars and spirits inside the user can be
summoned and controlled like most familiars, or a weapon like a
soul bound weapon could be called and used in battle. For the
most part, each art may be slightly different, but they all
share the same weakness: Anything that is summoned can
eventually be broken with enough power, where things like
familiars and spirits can be dispelled temporarily if they are
overpowered, or spirit weapons can be broken and have to be
repaired.
- Spirit Item Empowerment: This ability lets a user use their
spirit energy to empower objects around them, usually as a means
to create items or weapons. When using this, a user simply
passes some of their spirit energy into an item, which can grant
the item special properties depending on how this is done. There
are some that have special arts to do this, such as some will
empower an item with spirit energy before a supernatural type
blacksmith will forge the item or weapon into a more powerful
item or weapon. Depending on how it's done, there are some that
can create new spirits within items using their spirit energy,
such as someone may use a special art on a weapon to create an
intelligent weapon. However, the most common use of this often
just includes a user learning to create items and weapons by
empowering an item. There are a variety of uses for this, such
as storing spirit energy in something for a user to use later to
replenish their spirit energy (such as storing their spirit
energy in a bottle of water to create spirit water that they can
drink and revitalize their spirit), or users may create items or
weapons that utilize their spirit (Such as how the demon
Sesshomaru uses his Bakusaiga, a sword made from his demonic
spirit energy). Some may even empower items and/or weapons for
others, such as some dragons may help each other by using their
spirit energy to forge weapons from their spirit different from
the dragon's own spirit so that they can use a sword with a
different element to grant them more variety in attacking (such
as Olympus universe Ryu Fefnir Bordas who had three swords each
with different spirit energy to create three very different
blades). Some weapons that have been made in this way develop
their own abilities and their own ways of communicating with
their owner, and have their own ways of growing in ability (such
as spirit weapons). Object and weapons empowered by this gain
the spirit power of the person who empowered it, which usually
includes the race's spirit power such as a death wraith spirit
energy being able to be used to make a shadow user weapon, or an
angel making a weapon a holy weapon by empowering it with their
spirit. The weapon or item empowered still uses the same powers
as the person who empowered it to an extent, and that means that
they have the same weaknesses, such as demons and angels items
being weak to the opposite type of spirit, or dragon
weapons/items being weak to the counter elements of the spirit
energy, or any other weakness the item or weapon might have.
- Soul Resonance: Those with spirit energy are able to harmonize
with other spirits, being able to use this passive technique to
tune their spirit powers to combine their spirit power with
another supernatural or even harmonize with spirits within
themselves. For example, those with living weapons or spirit
bound weapons have to use this to be able to wield their
weapons, and by use this ability to harmonize with each other,
the two are able to use their power. However, those with this
technique are able to tune to others as well, with many spirit
users often using this alongside allies to tune their spirit to
allies so that the spirit user can combine attacks with another
ally. This can result in special techniques being usable that
normally wouldn't be able to be used, such as a demon and angel
combining their spirits to create a unique spirit attack that
blends their powers together when the two powers normally
wouldn't be able to combine together (unless used by a
nephalem). The powers usable depend on those tuning to each
other, and the powers of the other person. This is not limited
to just other spirit users, as a spirit user can tune to almost
any energy a supernatural can use. There are ways to tune spirit
energy to other energies like mana, chi/ki, psychic energy, and
even elemental power depending on the person the spirit user is
trying to harmonize with. Due to the variety of powers this
spirit power can be used to attune to, it is hard to name all
the possible combinations, as there are a large variety of them.
However, the consistent thing is that the spirit user tunes a
spirit attack and combines it with their ally, creating a much
stronger unified attack with their ally. As an example, one use
harmonized with a ki user to fire a spirit beam attack combined
with a ki beam technique to create a combined energy beam. Of
course, as one might imagine, aside from the increased power and
additional person adding their technique, techniques using this
are still weak to the same weaknesses as normal, with each
spirit energy having specific counters in addition to other
energies (IE death wraith spirit energy being weakened by strong
enough light energy or flashbangs).
- Forbidden Skill: Soul Energy Absorption/Soul Devouring: This
is a forbidden art among spirit energy users (and for good
reason). This is not just because soul eaters are seen as
dangerous and often a threat to the balance of life and death if
their power is not used properly (which could get them on the
elder Death's radar), but because this ability has a price for
using it. This ability lets a user absorb the spirits of others
after they've been weakened or killed, and lets the user absorb
spirit energy from others, and taking souls if enough essence is
absorbed from others. This is a forbidden art though because of
the price it takes, as once someone starts absorbing the spirit
energy of others using this technique, they must continue to
feed on spirit energy or they will age rapidly until they die.
However, when used, this lets someone absorb not just the
spirits and energy of those they take from, but allows the user
to gain the other person's abilities to include fighting styles,
special abilities and supernatural abilities. Those familiar
with soul eater style abilities and other soul devouring
abilities know just how dangerous this skill can be. This also
restores one's youth if they are not in their prime, making this
more useful to older users who want to use this to absorb the
power of others to restore their youth. However, they must keep
doing so constantly, or they will age rapidly until they die.
There are even some who use this that have developed bottomless
hungers (such as Olympus universe Vobu), and can only devour
souls in order to satisfy that hunger. Absorbing some spirit
energy can grant someone temporary enhancement using one's
powers and abilities, but permanent gain of the abilities
requires the full taking of the soul. This is an effective soul
eater power that lets one gain the abilities more easily, but
the price can take a toll on others, as once the price takes
it's effect, this art cannot be undone. Those that want to
counter this art simply need to avoid letting the user get close
enough to absorb spirit energy from them, which is usually done
through physical contact (or in rare cases close enough range).
And many who use this can only take souls or spirit energy from
others who have been weakened first.
- Mastery Level Training: Dark State/Divine State: When a spirit
user gets to a high enough stage in mastering their spirit
energy, some spirit users can gain a unique state that lies deep
in their spirit. This isn't specific to spirit users, but spirit
users are able to more easily access this form once they have
mastered their spirit energy use, as spirit users tend to focus
more inward into their spirit during training. Depending on the
training and where the user focuses, it is possible to awaken
their true power as a mortal in the form of a dark state or a
divine state. In order to awaken one, a user has to tap into
their spirit's deepest reaches and draw out this power. However,
users have two choices when learning this. Users who want to
focus on negative states can focus on their negative spirit, or
a user wanting a positive state can focus on their positive
spirit. Depending on what path the user choices (all users can
choose which side they want to use), they will awaken either a
divine state using their positive spirit or a dark state using
their negative spirit. Both are powerful states, and are
different for each person. And on top of them being powerful,
each divine state is often unique, where different states may
come with different abilities. Among the more known examples is
Olympus universe Goten Uchiha's silver chakra divine state,
where he gained a divine state through meditation. Typically,
awakening this can be different for each user, but most often,
this is awakened in those that meditate frequently and learn to
tap deep enough into their spirit to access their hidden power.
Depending on the dark or divine state, their power will reflect
whichever state they are, such as how Alternate Kazuma Uchiha
and Olympus Goten Uchiha have a very similar states, but Goten's
is a divine state, while Kazuma's is a dark state. Depending on
the state though, there are counters to these states, where each
state is vulnerable to the opposite power (IE divine states
vulnerable to negative powers and dark states vulnerable to
positive powers). And each unique power granted by divine or
dark states are all counter-able in some way (since states are
all unique, one must state limits of their specific divine state
or dark state).
Spirit User Techniques/Skills (Users can choose 6-8 powers
depending on what their character can learn, with advanced or
master level users being able to learn more. However, more
skills means the skills will be harder to master compared to one
that uses less skills.)
- Spirit Techniques/Abilities: Just like those like Ki users or
chakra users, there are a lot techniques that spirit users can
learn, where spirit users can apply their spirit energy to
attack or defend themselves against enemies. There are a large
number of spirit techniques, from basic spirit combat
enhancements to spirit projectiles and even master level spirit
users developing spirit sealing waves that can be used to seal
away enemies. It is also worth noting that there are many spirit
users that develop their own spirit techniques, usually as a
means to use their spirit energy uniquely. As an example,
Kierran Black has his own shadow skills that he developed using
spirit user techniques since his death wraith spirit energy had
a darkness element that he used to his advantage. Depending on
the spirit user, there are plenty of techniques available to
learn depending on what one wants to learn. There are many
master level users that will often teach other specific skills
they use depending on if the user is someone they'd want to
train, but there are also plenty of books and research material
one can find on spirit techniques as well. In addition, some
learn through items, such as a spirit concentration ring can
learn to help someone focus their spirit energy to learn to use
the spirit gun. Users can learn almost any ability as long as
they are able to learn it, and depending on the spirit energy
one uses, they may learn how to utilize their unique spirit
effects for extra effects in their techniques. All spirit
techniques do have weaknesses though, and almost all of them can
be countered like normal spirit energy as long as one takes the
unique effects of techniques into account (For example, spirit
lightning sometimes can be focused to use spirit energy as a
conductor, which means spirit energy isn't recommended to
counter it). And of course, all unique effects can still be
countered like normal depending on the effects. Users that use
unique techniques must state weaknesses as each technique will
have ways to counter them.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Lightning: This technique
was originally believed to be created by Kierran Black, but
other users of this have shown that there have been spirit
lightning techniques before Kierran Black developed his version
of the technique. This technique has become one of the spirit
user energy change form techniques that replicates elements
using spirit energy spirit energy changes in nature (by changing
spirit energy into a more static-like state). This skill uses
change in energy form, in which the energy is shaped to have the
same consistency as lightning once it's been applied correctly.
This power works similarly to lightning, but instead of being
lightning, this particular power is spirit energy. As such, not
only can this be used with spirit energy to do unique spirit
energy damage based on the spirit user's race, but this
lightning can also be used to bypass lightning immunity since it
is not true lightning. This power can work as an alternative to
powers like corrupted lightning, and can be used in similar
manners to lightning such as creating waves or beams of
lightning, releasing streams of spirit lightning to electrocute
objects and people, or even using concentrated spirit lightning
for piercing attacks. And not only can this use normal
conductors to conduct the spirit lightning, but this spirit
lightning also uses spirit energy to conduct lightning thanks
the technique being designed to attack spiritual energies rather
than physical. As such, those affected by this will not just be
hurt on a physical level, but will take damage on a spiritual
level. While this doesn't destroy spirits/souls, it does damage
them enough to usually incapacitate enemies after enough
exposure. However, depending on the spirit energy, this can also
be run through certain other energies based on the energy of the
user, such as a demon spirit lightning user could run their
spirit lightning through unholy energies as a conductor. For
countering, this is still countered like normal lightning, such
as using water or ice, but one can also use other energies to
counter this as long as it's not an energy that the spirit
lightning uses as a conductor.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Burning Spirit: One of the
skills developed by spirit energy users where they designed this
power so that they could create something akin to certain
elemental attacks (This one being in the form of fire). This one
was created by using a change of spirit form to intensely
vibrate spirit energy, generating immense heat so that the
spirit energy becomes extremely hot and using change of energy
form to make the spirit like a flame. This particular attack, if
it's not obvious, is meant to be a fire-like attack, and
designed to be used like fire in the same way spirit lightning
was designed to replicate the effects of lightning. This can be
used to attack with spirit energy fireballs, create explosive
spirit energy attacks and be used to burn people through
physical touch. When used, this uses a change in energy form
specifically designed to make the spirit energy burn hot as fire
(though it doesn't burn quite as hot as hellfire or dark flames
do). Just like spirit lightning, this bypasses elemental
immunities, being able to burn people with spirit energy rather
than with actual elemental energies, and is a great alternative
to using powers like corrupted flames. And just like one would
expect, some spirit energies can use special effects depending
on the spirit energy, such as angelic spirit energy would create
a purifying holy flame. This power is counter-able just like
fire, except that the fire cannot be put out under normal
conditions, and has to be blocked or dodged as energy rather
than as fire. The energy can be dispelled like energy by those
that can dispel energy (such as energy negation techniques),
however one has to keep in mind that the normal weaknesses of
flames don't apply such as using wind to create a vacuum, or
putting out the fire with water. However, the positive side is
that this attack doesn't do as much damage as typical flames and
doesn't spread to much beyond it's initial impact except when
used as an explosive attack (which still does explosive damage
as well as having concussive damage from explosions of the
energy).
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Cold Spirit: As one might have
guessed, this skill was the opposite of the burning spirit, in
which those who use this are able to use this power to generate
extreme cold, similar to that of a vengeful spirit using their
emotional energies to focus their spirits (usually focusing
negative emotions to generate a coldness that can be used to
freeze an area). However, unlike vengeful spirits that do this
instinctively, users of this power use this power consciously,
and use a change in energy form to modify their spirit energy to
reduce the temperature considerably to the point that the spirit
energy generates a freezing effect when it hits objects or
people. When used in spirit energy attacks, spirit users are
able to use this to generate a spirit energy so cold that it is
able to attack like ice and even be used to freeze objects,
people, or even air (among more skilled users). Depending on how
it's used, it can be used to do things like create ice-like
constructs to attack opponents, fire blasts of spirit energy
that can freeze people, or freeze people on physical contact.
This power is one of the three spirit energies designed like
elemental powers, and is designed to be used like ice as one
might imagine. And as one might expect, this can also have
unique effects depending on the spirit energy used, where users
can affect others with special effects, such as an angel might
have holy ice. However, advanced users of this have even learned
to use contact with the freezing energy to freeze one's energy
in their body, such as a demon who was able to freeze unholy
energy running through one's body when his freezing spirit
energy hit their body and reacted to their unholy energy. This
spirit energy has the same properties as ice, and as one might
expect, bypasses one's natural ice immunities. Those that want
to counter this power can still counter this with counters to
ice attacks, however, the ice generated is typically dependent
on the effects used, and some energies have to be avoided using
if one wants to avoid the effects of the freezing spirit energy.
This does still have the same weaknesses as normal ice, so users
can counter it accordingly, such as using fire to melt the ice
(though the spirit energy may require energy to counter it
separately since the spirit energy doesn't have the properties
of ice).
- Physical Spirit Amplification Combat: This technique utilizes
spirit energy in physical combat, in which a spirit user focuses
their spirit into physical amplification and focusing attack and
defense techniques when fighting. This takes a concept similar
to the Mystic Knight skills, where the user focuses more on
physical amplification using energy rather than using energy to
attack (except that this technique doesn't require a user giving
up their normal skills to utilize like mystic knights requires
magic to be given up to physical amplification). In this
particular technique, a user will often focus the spirit energy
into their physical attacks, whether it is to attack or defend.
By strengthening parts of their body with spirit energy, they
focus on amping their physical abilities in a fight. For
example, a spirit user may focus the spirit energy to their
fists when trying to punch an opponent, in which there are many
techniques for spirit punches and spirit kicks using spirit
energy to attack using physical combat. This power is often used
in conjunction with certain spirit user fighting styles such as
the Satsui No Hado or the Reshuyuken. When used, a user can not
only use attacks, but can use spirit energy to amplify their
defense, such as using spirit energy focused around one's arm to
use their spirit energy like a shield to block attacks.
Depending on the use of this and the style used, this can be a
very useful fighting technique, where users can apply this to
almost any fighting style if they truly desire if they can focus
their physical combat properly. And thanks to each race having
different spirit energy, the effects of the spirit energy used
in this style can also change depending on the race, with each
race having different effects that apply when they hit opponents
with spirit energy enhanced attacks (Such as a fire dragon
attacking with spirit energy would do fire elemental damage when
their attacks hit an opponent). As such this is a very useful
technique, and pretty basic. Mastering it however, requires a
user to master not only their own combat skills, but also master
how they apply spirit energy in combat. Of course, opponents can
counter the spirit energy just like any other, and users can
still block and dodge attacks and defenses just like any other
physical combat.
- Spirit Bond/Spirit Familiars: This skill is for those that
want to learn how to bond their spirit to an entity like a
spirit, or gain a familiar, there are arts that will allow one
to do so. Unlike the spirit summoning, this usually involves
bonding an outside source to the spirit. This can be used in a
variety of ways, where a user can learn different arts to bond
certain living things to their spirit. The first common one is
familiars, where more spiritual users will use an art to bond a
familiar to them (usually working best if the familiar agrees to
be bonded to the user). Familiars can come in all shapes and
sizes, and when bonded, users will often gain special
connections to the familiars they bond to to them. Of course,
there are many arts to gain familiars, which users can learn if
they have a skill for it (such as some spirit users have
developed an art that will use spirit energy to summon a spirit
or familiar they have an affinity for). The second most common
thing this is used for is bonding spirits to oneself, in which
there are arts that can allow one to either befriend or even
enslave spirits (though enslaving spirits is often considered a
taboo skill among many races that know the spirits). When
bonding spirits, usually this bond is created to allow the user
and the spirit to share their power together, usually as a means
to work together and strengthen each other. Many spirits will
often feed on energy given to them to grow stronger, and in
exchange they will help the user. Whether it's a familiar or a
spirit or something other outside force bonded to the spirit,
spirit users can use this art to bond entities or even sometimes
bond objects to their spirit (more on that later). There are
many ways to use this, so it is not always constant, as there
are different arts to do different things. However, the main
thing to note in every case is that the user must bond to
something to use this art, with almost all bonds of this skill
being to outside sources (not something generated from inside
the body). As for countering this skill, the most common counter
is by using energy or other spirits, where an opponent may be
able to counter with similar arts. Though what is summoned
usually depends on what an opponent has to do to counter this
(IE a weapon being summoned can just be countered by another
weapon).
- Soul Bound Weapons/Attach Items to Soul: This art is similar
to the spirit familiar bonding art, except that this is more
centered around objects rather than spirits and familiars. In
this art, there are two methods (usually) to accomplish bonding
objects (Usually weapons) to the spirit of a user, in which
spirit users can use. The first is summoning soul bound weapons.
Depending on the race of the user, and the arts they use, some
races actually have arts that can allow them to create or summon
soul bound weapons (the most common example being the death
wraiths and the soul reapers). While mentioning soul bound
weapons, it is worth noting that this doesn't just apply to the
death wraith soul swords, but other races have similar arts such
as chi users may learn to summon mystic soul bound weapons or
holy and dark knights learn to summon soul bound weapons as
well. This art is more about drawing on the soul, and does
require specific arts to do (with some only working depending on
the race). However, the next way this is used works for almost
any race. For those without arts to summon weapons, they can
learn to bond weapons to their soul, in which they create a
spirit bond with an object or weapon the same way they would
bond to a spirit. The most common example would be the London
Tepes family, who create a special bond with their weapons to
bond them to their soul and use them as an extension of
themselves. When bonded, a weapon will be able to be summoned
and de-summoned just like soul bound weapons, and offers a
special bond to weapons or items that make the user more easily
able to utilize their weapons or items in combat due to the
bond, such as a user could call their weapon back to them if it
gets separated from them, or a user could telekinetically
control a bonded weapon to them. Typically whether the art is
used, the weapons are still weapons, and while one over another
may have advantages (IE a soul bound weapon may have more unique
special abilities, but an attached item can usually be replaced
if it is destroyed), they are still countered as such. And
certain weapons that have special abilities can usually be
countered depending on the ability they have.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Shield Techniques: This
skill involves defensive arts that utilize spirit energy to
create defensive techniques. There are a number of ways to use
this defensive technique, where users can utilize are able to
use spirit energy for different types of defenses. There are
many techniques so it's hard to summarize all of them, but among
some of the more popular techniques are Spirit Shield, Spirit
Wall and Spirit Barrier. Spirit shield is a technique where a
user extends their spirit energy from their arm in the form of a
shield or a shield gauntlet, in which they use the energy shield
to block attacks when moving around in combat. By using spirit
energy that can extend from the body instead of simply having to
be held up like normal shields. For spirit wall, this creates a
large wall in front of the user, where they are able to use
their spirit energy to defend against attacks by using the
spirit wall for defense. The most effectively method this is
used for is defending against energy attacks, like energy beams
(like ki beams or hollow ceros). The next technique is spirit
barrier, which a user uses to create a barrier around themselves
to defend against attacks. This technique is useful to AoE
attacks, such as explosions, and can be used to defend from
attacks form multiple angles. This technique is often used to
create some form of barrier, where some will form a sphere
around them, or some may form a diamond barrier, but the main
thing to note is that these barriers are made of spirit energy
and usually grant complete coverage around a user. Depending on
the technique, certain techniques are very useful depending on
the situation. Shield is a good technique that doesn't require
much energy, but one has to be able to move the shield in order
to block attacks. Spirit wall is a good technique that also
doesn't require too much energy (but more than spirit shield),
but users cannot come out from behind the shield without risking
attack, and the wall cannot defend against attacks from the side
or from behind. Spirit barrier is a great technique for all
around defense, but takes a lot of energy to utilize properly
due to it being a barrier that surrounds an opponent. All of
these can be broken by stronger energies, or by stronger
opponents if they have enough raw power to do so.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Vectors: This is a
technique used by spirit energy users, in which they project
their spirit from their backs. When the spirit's power is
released from the back, it's released as tendrils that come out
as extensions of the spirit that can be used to attack
opponents. These tendrils are typically very hard to see, since
they are clear, when used by human spirit users. Some races are
able to use different shapes, such as one race who makes the
tendrils into arms with hands at the end of the arms. Depending
on the person, some people can also change the form of these
vectors, such as turning the tendrils into shields to block
attacks, or can be used to do things like create axes or other
sharp weapons out of the tendrils to attack opponents by
changing the form of the energy used in these vectors. These
vectors can be used to grab and throw objects, attack opponents,
or they can be used to fire spirit energy attacks depending on
the user and their skill in using these vectors. This power is
an extension of the spirit using spirit energy, and is a power
that acts as an extension of the user. Users can range from
using the tendrils as whips to disable opponents (or some may
even grab and choke people with these vectors), and some can
even slice through objects using these vectors (which uses them
to deadly effect on enemies usually). This skill can be quite
adaptable, and depending on the user, there are many ways to use
these vectors. And depending on the spirit energy used, some
vectors may have special effects on the vectors or on opponents.
For example, a demonic spirit vector would be much more potent
and do demonic spirit damage that burns opponents on physical
contact with the vectors. If removed or severed by opponents
though, the tendrils not only dispel, but the user loses the
spirit energy they put into the vectors (which can severely
weaken spirit users if their vectors are destroyed depending on
how much energy is put into them). Depending on the race, some
spirit energies can also be seen by people more easily, such as
a death wraith spirit energy being black like shadows, or a
demon spirit energy being crimson, orange or some form of
demonic color (but these spirit users make up for this by having
unique effects).
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Gun: This attack was one
of the main projectile attacks created for the style where the
user fires a blast of spirit energy at an opponent with explodes
on impact. Depending on the user, there are different levels of
spirit gun techniques. Spirit gun is typically the base
technique, where the user fires a blast of spirit energy, big or
small depending on what they want to fire. Bigger spirit guns
are able to do more damage but take more energy, and smaller
shots can do less damage but are better for conserving spirit
energy. This technique also has another variation, which is
called Spirit Shotgun where the user focuses the spirit gun in
their hands and blasts it outward and closing their fingers
around the blast to split the blast into multiple shots of
spirit energy. This turns the spirit gun into an advanced spirit
technique that can be used to not only hit opponents thanks to
its spread of spirit energy shots, but can also be used to
attack groups of enemies. Highly advanced users can also use the
spirit lightning, burning spirit and cold soul in conjunction
with this (if they are skilled enough) and can use it to empower
their spirit gun with more power, or granting the energy a
special effect (such as spirit lightning spirit guns exploding
in a burst of spirit lightning when it hits a target). Of
course, as one might expect, the larger more concentrated spirit
guns are harder to block, but strong enough defenses can block
this ability, and this ability can still be dodged like normal
if one cannot dispel the energy normally. This cannot be
combined with spirit vectors, and the spirit vectors cannot fire
this attack on their own, as the energy must be focused through
the fingertips (or in the hand in the case of the spirit
shotgun), depending on what the person wants to do. These
attacks can also be dodged or overcome if one has strong enough
energy to overpower the blasts, with some opponents even being
able to overcome these with raw spirit energy. However, when
countering, one also has to take into account the effects of the
blast, such as if a user uses unique spirit energy or combines
it with a technique like spirit lightning or a similar spirit
technique.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Missile: This is a
variation technique of the spirit gun, where the user creates a
spear-like attack to try and attack the opponent. This attack is
designed to try and pierce opponents, where the attack is able
to generate one or the spear can release a flurry of spirit
spears. A single spear typically is a simple attack, while
making a group of spears come out of one blast is typically an
advanced technique. Each user is able to form the spirit
projectiles as they want, such as forming them as knives, as
sharp spears, or as arrows, depending on what they want the form
to be. The effect is still the same though where this technique
is designed to spear opponents. This can also be combined with
the spirit lightning, burning spirit and cold soul to grant the
spears additional effects depending on what's used, such as
spirit lightning would electrocute an opponent with spirit
lightning when piercing an enemy. This can also be fired from
one's spirit vectors as well, as this was a projectile attack
designed to be used by spirit vectors since the spirit gun was
too hard to concentrate through a spirit vector. This attack is
fairly adaptable and those who use it can change it's form to
better suit what they want the attack to do or what they want it
to look like. This is a fairly basic attack, but still quite
effective, and users can even have special effects depending on
the spirit energy they possess. For example, a demon spirit user
may fire a spirit missile and their spirit energy may do demonic
spirit damage as well as be far more potent in energy when fired
at opponents. Users can fire one or fire a group if they are
advanced enough with the technique, though firing more or making
larger spear projectiles costs more power to use. And while
these are designed to pierce through armors and shields, they
can still be dodged, or opponents can use cover to try and make
sure they don't get hit. Some stronger opponents can also block
these, as some people with raw power can overpower the piercing
effect.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Laser: This was designed
to be a modified version of a beam attack used by spirit users.
Instead of firing a beam like a cero (Hollow technique) or like
a ki beam, a user instead focuses smaller and more concentrated
beams designed for piercing defenses and piercing through tough
opponents. This technique is not too different from the hollow
cero art, Cero Rayo, or the ki art Death Beam, as this art works
very similar to this. When firing this, opponents fire this just
like any other beams of energy, and can be used to fire at
enemies or objects. If this technique hits, the beam will
typically pierce through objects in which this concentrated beam
is not only strong enough to pierce, but can melt holes through
things due to the concentration of energy generating immense
heat. This is meant to replicate the effects of a laser beam,
but using spirit energy. Depending on the race using it, this
can also have special effects on enemies depending on the spirit
energy used. For example, angelic spirit beams can be used to
purify negative spirits, or a dragons spirit could cause
elemental damage based on their elemental spirit. This ability
is fairly basic, and can be fired in quick succession which
makes it an attack that can be rapidly fired. When fired, these
beams move extremely fast, and are able to pierce most objects,
including things like diamond, metal and other hard substances.
While the beam cannot pierce adamantium and vibranium, it can
heat up the metals to the point where the metals can eventually
melt into molten metal. When using this attack, users can
usually find unique ways to use this, such as some may bounce
this off reflective surfaces, or some may even control the beams
and make them zigzag around (though this method of us typically
weakens the attack somewhat). However, while this technique is
very useful for breaking defenses, it can still be dodged if an
opponent is able to dodge it in time (assuming they can move
faster than the attack). And some other similar techniques can
also be used to counter this (as well as some with raw physical
strength that can overpower energy attacks can also overpower
these if they can overpower the energy in the beam).
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit-Based Elemental
Manipulation: This was a technique originally created by demon
spirit users. Originally, this was a demon art that allowed
demons to develop their own spirit user based elemental
manipulation. However, this was eventually adapted to other
spirit users, and other spirit users started to use their own
spirit energy to learn elemental manipulation. When used, a user
can learn one element, and use their spirit energy in
combination with that elemental power. When used, a user is able
to use this element just like a normal elemental, except that
this will not only have elemental power but the power of
whatever race's spirit energy is used in combination with this
technique. For example, demons originally used this technique,
in which their demonic spirit energy would make the elemental
energy much more potent in unholy energy, and would make the
elemental power much stronger. As one might guess, the spirit
energy makes each element a user can apply a bit unique, such as
a death wraith might have a shadow-based element, a dragon might
gain a draconic elemental, or a werewolf might gain a cursed
elemental. When used, these elements are able to be used as
normal elementals, in which users can still use things like
advanced elemental skills if they are knowledgeable about
whatever elemental they gain (Like lightning users might be able
to learn things like magnetic manipulation and advanced
lightning skills). However, it is worth noting that each user
only gains one elemental, and depending on their spirit, this
elemental remains fixed. Unlike other elemental techniques, one
cannot learn multiple elements with this particular skill. These
elements, while they are used like normal elements, are also
countered like normal elements (IE Fire would be weak to
water/ice). Those that want to counter this can also counter
with other energy type techniques, as this is essentially using
energy to control elements (meaning that countering the energy
can counter the element as well or stop a user's control of it
if the energy controlling the element is dispelled).
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Cuffs: This technique was
used by a spirit psychic to which other spirit users eventually
copied this technique. There are two main applications of this
technique. The first is that one will often use this to restrain
their power, in which they use it to train at a lower level so
that they can grow faster, but is also useful for those with
stronger spirit energies that want to keep themselves
suppressed. When used, this will restrain one's power and keep
them in a weaker state, where they will not have to worry about
suppressing themselves. This is a very useful application, and
is usually applied by a spirit user either using this on someone
they are training, or on themselves. When a user wants to remove
the spirit cuffs, they simply focus their energy and use it to
break the cuffs, which releases them and lets them use their
full abilities. The next application of this skill is when this
skill is used on opponents. By using this skill on opponents, a
user can restrain an opponent, where this restrains opponents
the same way it would restrain those that use it on themselves
for training. On opponents, this can act like a restraint, which
is used to incapacitate an opponent. Whichever method this is
used for though, the result is the same. This is used to not
only restrain one's energy (meaning users or opponents this is
affecting will only be able to use a smaller portion of their
supernatural energies and their powers due to the weakening
effect of the cuffs), but also severely hinders the user's
physical stats, where a user is heavily restrained in movement
(Though those with strong enough bodies or strong enough spirits
may be able to fight this off). When trying to overcome this
technique, a user does have to be hit by the spirit energy used
to create the cuffs in order to be affected, as this is not a
technique one can just use that instantly appears on an
opponent. Users can also overcome this by focusing their energy
and using that focused energy to break the cuffs if they can
focus their energy to break the cuffs. Some can even break these
cuffs with raw physical power if they are able to overpower the
energy in the cuffs. This also only works on those that that
these cuffs can overpower, as if this is used on someone
stronger than the user, the cuffs likely wouldn't work very well
if at all.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Sword: This is a
variation of spirit projectiles/construct abilities, where
instead of creating projectile opponents, the spirit energy is
focused into the hand and creates a sword of spirit energy the
user can attack with. As one might expect, this spirit sword is
able to be used like a sword, or the user can change the form of
the sword into another weapon, such as a spear or knife
depending on their preferences. Users can also change the form
of the sword if they want to do something like extending the
sword, or changing the form of the sword. This is a very
adaptable technique, where users can learn to use this a variety
of ways. This technique can be used in creative ways, such as
some who change it like a chain whip, or some who change the
length at will to make it extend and try to spear someone.
Depending on how it's used, and depending on the race, this can
also have specific effects depending on the spirit energy used,
such as demonic spirit swords also doing demonic energy damage
and being much stronger than a normal spirit sword, or dragon
spirits being able to do elemental spirit energy damage and
generate elemental energy from their spirit swords. Some people
even develop special sword techniques as well, depending on
their spirit energy, such as one who eventually learned to focus
their spirit sword into a dimension cutter energy weapon that
could cut through the bonds of dimensions. This is a very strong
technique that can even be used alongside techniques like
spiritual elemental manipulation, or even spirit lightning,
burning spirit or freezing spirit power as well. When used, this
works like a normal melee weapon, except that the user can
change the form freely, and depending on the strength of the
energy, can use it to overcome other energies. However, unlike
some energies, this doesn't actually slice through everything in
its path (unless it's some kind of defensive piercing energy
blade) and can be blocked by anything that normal weapons could
be blocked by (such as other weapons and shields could block
this energy blade). This can also be overpowered with raw
strength if a user is stronger physically than the energy.
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Severing Soul Cutter: This is a
variation of the soul sword designed to attack the spirit rather
than the body. This attack works similar to the spirit sword,
but instead of cutting the body like normal, this is designed to
attack the spirit of the user, doing damage to their spirit.
While they take no physical damage from this technique, this
technique can weaken those struck with it as their soul is
damaged, and may be unable to properly control their energies.
This technique was designed to attack and destroy presences that
possess people, but without hurting the person they were
possessing, as users could use this to attack a spirit directly
regardless of the physical form. This works great against not
only things like dark spirits and hollows, but also works
against things like ghosts, angels/demons, and many other
spiritual entities. Some races spirits can also use this
technique to use different effects, such as death wraiths being
able to use this to attack ghosts and spirit type opponents and
do darkness damage to one's soul, which is what the death wraith
version of this technique was originally designed for (as it was
designed to attack dark spirits and lost souls and weaken them).
This was originally designed to be used against spiritual
opponents (not physical), so that this technique could be used
to take on spirits that would normally not take physical damage.
This technique also goes through solid matter, and cannot be
used to block attacks or projectiles unless they are spirit
based in nature, since this is made to attack on a spiritual
plane rather than a physical one. This also does no physical
damage to opponents if used on them, so a user should only use
this if they want to attack a spirit or something akin to a
spirit. The best way to avoid damage from this is to avoid the
blade itself, as a user has to hit with this to do damage to the
spirit. And depending on the spirit, some may require more
attacks to disable or destroy than others (depending on the
strength of the user's ability to hurt spiritual opponents using
their basic spirit user training).
- Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Ki Techniques (Only
usable among those that can use ki): This involves using spirit
based ki control, where a user unifies their spirit and their
ki. This technique is only usable by spirit users that have
learned ki, or by ki users that learn spirit control (Depending
on which one, spirit users or ki users can learn this). When
used, this allows a user to unify their spirit and their ki into
one power, where they can use techniques originally developed on
the planet Yardrat. This union creates spirit ki, which uses
properties of both ki and spirit energy to create a unique
power. Spirit ki is unique in that it is a type of ki that can
be used like normal spirit energy, or it can be used like normal
ki. The main draw to this ki training though are the unique
techniques that one can use. This ki requires not just training
of the body though, but also requires training of the mind in
order to use this effectively. Those that want to use this must
unite their spirit and ki through special training and
meditation, which is much harder to learn than most other
advanced ki types or even many spirit user skills. Typically,
this ki/spirit type also allows one to eventually open the door
to learning ki user abilities, with some ki users actually also
learning to use spirit energy to more easily combine their
spirit energy and ki. This type of ki was developed by the
people of Yardrat, and their techniques often seem strange to
many people, but their techniques are still quite effective.
However, just like most other ki and spirit energy types, this
is only usable if one has the ki and the spirit energy to use to
power this ability, and this is more easily countered by other
advanced ki types, particularly those that use genki, though
those that can counter spirit power can also counter this as
well, making spirit users another good counter for this power.
This ki type also require union of ki and spirit through
meditation, and not being able to unite their ki and spirit
through things like strong negative emotions can interrupt a
user's use of this type of ki.
- Spirit Ki User: Spirit Ki Techniques: The Yadrats, who
developed this spirit ki power, developed a number of techniques
using spirit ki that those who train with them can learn. The
most well known is a technique known as Instant Transmission,
which lets people teleport using places or people they lock on
to by sensing the ki of a place or person (They must lock on to
some sort of ki signature to guide them while using this).
Instant Transmission is even useful in battle, in which users
can teleport around the battlefield fairly easily, and can use
it to more easily avoid attacks. The other two techniques known
to be used by the Yardrat people are cloning and size
manipulation. By controlling their spirit and ki, they are able
to create clones of themselves similar to chakra user's shadow
clone jutsu, powered by spirit ki instead of chakra. These
clones work very similarly, and can even use the ki techniques
of the original, in which the user splits their ki and spirit
among the clones. The cloning technique is fairly simple, though
this technique is only able to be used with spirit ki, and
cannot be used with other advanced ki types. The cloning
technique also has the same weaknesses as other cloning
techniques, where power is divided among clones, so it is harder
to use effectively since it cuts one's power down depending on
how many clones are created (more clones means less power
between them and more energy consumed). The last technique
allows one to change their physical size by manipulating their
ki. This technique lets a user change themselves into a larger
creature, or a smaller one depending on what they want to do.
The size change is also able to change their weight, where
making one's self larger can use spirit ki to substitute the
weight of larger beings through concentration. This means that
changing size isn't just a cosmetic change, but is actually
useful to fight larger enemies. However, becoming larger takes a
lot of spirit ki, and this can drain a person extremely quickly
if used too long. Becoming smaller takes just as much ki, as the
spirit ki has to keep someone condensed in size. It is also
worth noting that these properties can be applied to one's ki as
well, in which users of this are able to modify the size of
their ki attacks using this technique, making it even more
useful. However, the same limitations apply, and this can take
more spirit ki to use if one isn't careful. All of these
techniques require spirit ki, but once used, these techniques
can help immensely in a fight. As stated earlier, spirit ki
requires meditation and concentration, and users have to keep
their spirit and ki unified in order to use spirit ki.
- High Level Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Wave: This is
one of the strongest abilities of a spirit user, designed as one
of the most advanced spirit techniques one can use that was
developed by one of the strongest known human spirit users. Only
those who have mastered the use of spirit energy can use this
power, in which a user has to learn to focus their spirit energy
completely through their body and be able to enhance the flow of
their spirit energy using highly advanced spirit control
techniques. When used, this amps the body with spirit energy,
granting a higher level of focus and power. In addition, the
spirit power is also amped through the body, creating a powerful
wave through the body that empowers it even more. This
technique, when used by a master of spirit power, can use this
to attack opponents with highly enhanced power temporarily, or
be used to fire a large wave of spirit energy at an opponent
depending on how its used. If focused inward, the user can
amplify their physical attacks immensely while the spirit wave
is active (though only for a short time), or a user can focus it
outward and create a massive spirit wave to blast an opponent or
group of opponents around them. When used outwardly, this can
also be used to purify others of impure influences or purify
them of any type of control over their mind and body due to this
technique being designed with a power of purification to attack
stronger spiritual opponents (like purifying hollows or dark
spirits). This is a very powerful technique, but it exacts a
very heavy toll on the body, doing more damage to the body as
long as the technique is active, and overuse can weaken a user's
ability to use spirit energy to the point that some can lose the
ability to generate spirit energy if they damage their body
enough. And while this is a powerful attack, it can be dispelled
or blocked by more powerful energies, but usually more when it's
fired in a wave at an opponent. And as with many of the spirit
energy techniques, some users can even overpower it physically
if they are able to overpower the energy that is channeled into
this (though most have to use some form of supernatural
amplification to overpower this with raw power).
- High Level Spirit User Spirit Technique: Spirit Sealing
Technique: Mafukan: This is a technique designed by a spirit
user who had no outlet for their extra energy, and instead
created a technique to empower an object and let it absorb extra
spirit energy from the user passively. This technique is perhaps
the ultimate spirit user art, in which this art empowers an
object close to the user to absorb the user's extra spirit
energy. Over years of storing energy, the object becomes
powerful, keeping a storage of spirit energy within in order to
keep the power stored away for emergencies. The item empowered
can be anything the user wants, but must keep it with them. The
main ability of this is to store the energy and then be able to
release it later. When used, this can be used a few ways, such
as empowering someone or oneself, revitalizing and empowering
them beyond their typical limits, or using this to even revive
someone who has died (but this takes years of gathering power
before this can be used). Some use this as a backup to bring
themselves back to life once if they die, or they may use this
if they are in a desperate situation that they need the extra
energy. Some even use this to train, using it to weaken one's
abilities and absorb the extra energy so that they can get
stronger more quickly, in which they use this to keep their true
power hidden. However, when used to weaken someone and let them
grow more quickly, they cannot release their full power until
the energy of the item is filled again, making this a
semi-permanent weakening. This technique requires a long time of
charging before it can be of any use, and until it does, this
technique is useless. Even experienced users cannot overcome
this as this requires a lot of energy to even be able to use.
However, users can speed this up slightly by feeding their item
more spirit energy, sometimes cutting the time down it requires
to make this usable. And once used, all of the power is used in
this, so using it and trying to save some of the energy in it is
impossible, making this something the user must be sure they
want to use before doing so.
Physical Combat Styles:
- Spirit User Spirit Combat Styles: In addition to other
fighting styles individual users learn, there are also fighting
styles that can be learned using spirit energy. Among them are
fighting styles like Pai Zhua, Satsui no Hado, Reshuyuken and
Soul/Psycho power. Those that learn these styles are able to
weaponize their soul energy in normal combat, not just using it
as an amp, but also using it as a fighting style of it's own.
Depending on the user, some can learn certain styles with proper
training depending on what the user wants to learn, or can find
the ability to learn. Fighting styles that use spirit energy in
physical combat tend to have a few things in common. The first
is that the soul energy is often weaponized in some way to use
against opponents in direct combat. The second is that those who
use this often use emotions in order to use this power. The best
example is the soul and psycho powers, which are two opposite
fighting styles using sides of the soul. The psycho power
sacrifices all good in the soul to feed the dark side of the
soul, powering itself on negative emotions while soul power
focuses positive and often sacrifices the dark side of the soul
to power the good side of the soul. Then there are other styles
that use certain powers to feed others, like the forbidden
Shaolin lion style that feeds anger to grow the power of the
spirit without sacrificing any part of the soul. The last thing
is that those who use this can often fire spirit energy attacks
in physical combat, or focus their combat into projectile spirit
energy attacks that they can use in physical combat such as the
ones used in the Reshuyuken fighting style which focuses on
combining spirit projectiles with combat. For the most part,
these styles are all individual and have their own weaknesses,
with one of the major ones being those who can feed on spirit
energy, in which makes these styles seem like lunch to those
that feed on soul energy. Users can choose up to two fighting
styles depending on their abilities and use of these powers (and
depending on what the user can learn from those willing to teach
them). However, spirit users are not limited to these styles
only, and are free to learn other styles if they choose to
(These styles are just examples of styles spirit users have used
to maximize their abilities).
- Spirit User Combat Style: Pai Zhua Style: This is one of the
spirit user styles that some spirit users may default to
learning as their combat style. This style is based around
drawing on the animal spirit that lies within each spirit. By
learning to focus, a user learns to tap into this spirit at
will, and can eventually learn to call on that spirit. When
using this style, this is a style that requires individual
training, as each user will have to train this style
differently. This style is unique to each individual, where
their style is dependent on what animal spirit they possess.
However, one thing that is constant is that spirit users who
learn this can summon their animal spirits, and can learn to
manifest their animal spirits to attack enemies. In addition to
their animal spirits being able to be called in combat, users
can also learn to tap into their animal spirit in combat, where
a user can learn unique combat styles based on their unique
animal spirit. For example, a snake spirit may focus on coiled
strikes or grip strength, while something like a bear spirit
would allow a user to use a style that might be more defensive
and stronger. Depending on the animal spirit, this can also
grant users unique abilities based on their animal spirit. Some
examples include some animal spirits allowing users to attack
with claw slashes (like tigers, wolves, bears and even dragons),
unique senses (like bat spirit users having sonar or bird
spirits having enhanced sight and hearing), and some even
gaining some unique abilities (such as phoenix spirits may grant
regeneration abilities, or chameleon spirits may grant the
ability to change colors). This is hard to quantify in how it
can be used, since each style is used differently, and each
style has to be trained in its own way since it requires a user
to learn how to use their own style. However, like any style,
this can be overcome by other combat styles, where users can
learn to fight users of their own style if they figure out how
their style works (Such as overwhelming a bat user's ability to
process sound may interrupt their sonar abilities). Because this
style is dependent on the animal spirit one has, that can also
give opponents some clue in how the user will use their combat
style.
- Spirit User Combat Style: Shotokan Ansatsuken Style: This is
one of the spirit user styles that some spirit users may default
to learning as their combat style. This style is known as the
assassin's fist, most commonly known for its ability to kill
opponents. There are two major variations of this style. The
first is the Hado no Chikara (Surge's Power), which is a more
non-lethal variant of the overall style. This style focuses more
on the spiritual and peaceful aspect of the style, where users
overcome their killing intent and let go of their fear, anger,
and pride to draw on the body's power to protect rather than
destroy. The second style is the more violent variant of this
style, which more people are familiar with: The Satsui no Hado
(Surge of Murderous Intent), where a user focuses their physical
and spiritual power to kill their opponents. Both are pure
opposites in power, and use different sources of focus to use
this combat, but both styles are very similar in nature, with
Hado no Chikara being more positive in nature, and the Satsui no
Hado being more negative in power. Spirit users can learn either
of these styles with the right teacher, and can learn not only
how to focus the style, but can also focus the spiritual aspect
of the style to use energy type attacks that this style offers
such as the Hadouken (a blast of energy that can damage
opponents). This style draws on the spirit, and depending on the
source of power, transforms one's mindset into physical power
that can be used in their combat style. No matter the style
used, both are able to fight opponents using not just physical
combat, but energy attacks that can be focused through the
user's mental state. As such, this style is not just about the
physical training, but also the mental training. The Hado no
Chikara and Satsui no Hado are both strong styles, with the
major difference being the mindset with which its used. In terms
of countering these styles, the best way is to unbalance the
emotions of the user, as this often requires users to focus
their minds as well. Either that, or opponents can counter this
with other combat styles if the opponent is skilled enough or
has a superior combat style (usually depending on the opponent's
training).
- Spirit User Combat Style: Psycho Power/Soul Power Style: This
is one of the spirit user styles that some spirit users may
default to learning as their combat style. This particular style
was meant to weaponize the soul, in which the user focuses their
spirit into attacks they can use in combination with physical
combat. There are two major variations of this style. The first
is the psycho power that pushes out all positive power and
leaves only the evil half of the soul, strengthening the user
immensely and allowing them to use more evil spirit energy based
techniques. The second style is the soul power, which pushes out
all evil and leaves only the good portion of the soul. Psycho
power is more about physical raw power, and this is reflected in
techniques like the Psycho Crusher and Psycho Canon, while Soul
power is more about countering combat styles with techniques
like negating energy projectile attacks and allowing one to use
techniques like the soul illusion. Depending on which style is
chosen, the style allows its respective techniques to be used
and the user is able to train in that particular style. These
two styles cannot be combined (at least it is not been done
successfully yet), and when using this, one has to chose one or
the other. This can be good for amplifying one's own nature they
wish to stick to (those with an evil nature may choose the
Psycho power, or those with a good nature may choose the Soul
power). Depending on how this is used, the style is more energy
based than some other styles, and does take some focus of
spiritual energy to utilize effectively. As such, the biggest
weakness to this style often becomes the forcing of the
amplification of the nature, in which users can take advantage
of the natures of the person. Depending on the style, this can
also be overpowered by stronger styles, with the biggest danger
to this style being soul energy absorption since this style
literally weaponizes the spirit energy (which doesn't really
work well on those that absorb spirit energy since they can use
it to empower themselves more than be hurt by it).
- Spirit User Combat Style: Reshuyuken Style: This is one of the
spirit user styles that some spirit users may default to
learning as their combat style. This was a modified version of
the spirit user physical combat style, which was modified into a
specific combat style. This style combines kickboxing with
spirit power, essentially combining combat style and energy use
into one combined art. When used, this style is more about
physical combat training, but also about using spirit
projectiles. This style uses the arms to defend oneself, while
users counterattack with powerful kicks. When used with spirit
amplification, this can allow a user to do extra damage.
However, the most dangerous thing about this technique is the
spirit techniques that are used along with it. In addition to
this being useful as a physical combat style similar to
kickboxing, this style also works well at attacking enemies with
spirit power. Users can create orbs of spirit energy,
concentrated to explode on impact when they hit something or
someone. When used, a user kicks the orb at an opponent, and
uses the kinetic energy to essentially do damage to the opponent
when the orb hits (and then also do concussive force damage when
the spirit orb explodes). Some advanced users of this can even
create orbs that explode into smaller spirit orb shots when the
user kicks the orb (rather than waiting for it to hit a target
and explode like normal), essentially separating into a flurry
of spirit orbs that can be used to try and overwhelm an opponent
or attack a group of opponents. This style can be very
destructive, as advanced users are strong enough to destroy
houses with their spirit. And based on the spirit user's race,
the spirit orbs can have unique effects depending on the user's
race such as demons will have stronger and more potent spirit
energy, or a full hollow's spirit energy will do acidic spirit
energy damage when the orb explodes. This style is one that
requires not only intense physical training, but great
concentration and spiritual energy control in order to use, so
while this is very powerful, it is much harder to master.
However, opponents may also find this style easier to avoid if
they know how it works (such as if they figure out that the user
mostly kicks to attack, the opponent can focus on dodging the
kicks).
- Spirit User Movement Method: Spirit Acceleration: This is a
combat acceleration technique that was modeled after soul reaper
flashstep or arrancar sonido. This method uses spirit energy to
speed up the body's movements, and uses this to amp the body's
ability to move so that opponents can move fast enough to keep
up with fast supernaturals by using a combination of spirit
energy and precise movement. This combat tactic lets users speed
themselves up by concentrating the amp of their spirits into
their body, usually projecting it into the limbs so that the
limbs can move more efficiently while using precise movement to
allow a user to move at extremely high speeds when in motion.
Users can appear to disappear from view when in motion, similar
to other high speed movement users, and spirit users can learn
this alongside their spirit amplification training, and can
learn this alongside whatever combat style they may choose (as
this works with almost any style if one masters it properly).
This technique requires precision movement, careful coordination
and the ability to process things at higher speeds (which can
come with training if a user trains their mind and body
properly), since this is a dangerous combat maneuver that can
easily result in someone hurting themselves, like running
themselves into things if they can't stop process what's going
on fast enough and can't stop before they hit something. This
particular style is often used by more experienced fighters used
to moving fast through combat stepping methods or other speed
based abilities, since they are used to moving fast. Using this
is very difficult, but if used properly, the skill can prove
very useful in combat. Users, however, must be careful when
combining this with combat style stepping methods, as sometimes
the combination can be too much speed to handle in some cases
(Such as one user who tried to combine this with hollow sonido
and pancaked into a wall because they couldn't control their
speed). It is also worth noting that other high speed movement
users can also keep up with this style, as users can use other
high speed movements to counter this just as this counters other
high speed movement.
Other Combat Abilities:
- Other Weapon and Physical Combat Styles: While spirit users
have styles that do take full advantage of their skills, those
styles are just a few examples of styles out there. There are a
lot of styles available in everything from weapons, to martial
arts, to even other spirit user styles that some may not know
about, so naming all the styles is impossible. However, spirit
users can learn styles based on their skills depending on what
they want to learn. Some spirit users may not even focus on
using spirit energy in their physical style, and some may just
focus on physical combat. Many spirit users have unique styles
as well, where some may learn styles and modify them, or they
may just learn other styles not related to spirit energy.
Typically, the best way to utilize their skills is through
styles that use meditative abilities or have more spiritual
aspects, in which some may learn styles or even develop their
own styles based around concepts that might work for them. There
is no set limit on styles a spirit user can learn, though some
may take better advantage of their powers than others. For
example, for a spirit user that uses positive spirit power, a
style like Satsui no Hado or Psycho Power may not be a great fit
(though they could choose to learn it and eventually adapt).
However, some may be able to use certain aspects of even normal
fighting styles effectively such as certain styles like Shotokan
that focus more on controlling oneself (which uses the more
meditative nature of positive power spirit users more easily).
As such, it is hard to list what strengths and weaknesses these
styles have since every one is different. Typically, styles
focus on specific aspects, such as Tai Chi focuses on defense,
breathing and movement, but doesn't focus too much on speed,
power and other offensive skills. Each style has it's own
styles, and almost every style has other styles that beat it in
combat, such as a speed style might be beat by a defensive style
or vice versa depending on the style.
- Spirit User Weapons Experts: During their time training in
combat, many spirit users will train in weapons, in which many
have trained in a number of weapons from guns to swords, to even
knowing how to use a staff. Normal weapons are usually pretty
obvious, such as swords, staves and other melee weapons are
often common things spirit users train with as part of their
combat training. Even if a spirit user doesn't like using
weapons, they at least learn how to use them, and can use them
if they ever have to (though there are many that also might have
specific weapons they might use). And depending on the weapons,
some spirit users may even learn to use special supernatural
weapons if they have access to supernatural weapons (such as
some may have special spirit weapons made for them to use in
combat). The next thing to mention is guns. While guns are
something supernaturals don't always care for, spirit users will
use them if they have to and can utilize guns to pretty useful
effect. Thanks to this, many spirit users who use guns may learn
to use guns and become expert marksmen. Depending on their
training, there are many who are great with many kinds of guns,
with some who may have their own preferences when it comes to
guns (like some stronger supernaturals might prefer higher
caliber guns if they can fire them more easily than weaker
people since high caliber guns have a lot of recoil). When it
comes to using guns, spirit users will often have to learn how
to predict opponents movements, and they also have to learn how
to account for things like wind resistance and friction when
using guns. However, among more advanced gun users, Some may be
able to do things like ricochet bullets around if they are able
to calculate the trajectory of the bullets, or some may also
learn to instinctively aim if they have good combat instincts.
Of course, as one might expect, every weapon does have
drawbacks, and this includes even supernatural weapons. Every
weapon can be countered somehow, and spirit users usually have
to be careful when using weapons so that the weapons don't
become a crutch for their combat as too much reliance may make
them too reliant on weapons over their spiritual power and
training.
- Spirit User Supernatural Hunting Weapons Experts: Because
spirit users have to learn how to fight supernaturals, spirit
users often have supernatural hunter weapons that they can use
even if some may not like using weapons. This includes things
like silver knives, blessed weapons, and even special materials
like varanium and stilled silver. This usually depends on the
spirit user and what they have available to use, as spirit users
usually prepare for whatever kinds of supernaturals they might
fight. For example, before going into a werewolf infested
forest, a spirit user grab some silver knives to use, or they
would use special holy weapons if they were fighting demons or
other demonic type creatures. There are a number of supernatural
hunter weapons that spirit users know how to use (not all of
which are spiritual in nature, and knows how to utilize them
thanks to their time spent fighting supernaturals. There are a
great number of supernatural hunting weapons spirit users can
learn, and many can even develop their own through things like
spiritual item empowerment. But for the most part, it is hard to
quantify every option out there, since there are so many. Spirit
users often have weapons dependent on their situations, where
many will specifically train to fight whatever supernaturals
they think they may face. Users may also choose weapons based on
what they have available, such as some who are a part of groups
may have access to certain weapons others don't have. This also
includes certain materials that might be available, where users
can take advantage of certain materials used to fight
supernaturals. The biggest examples of this kind of material are
varanium and stilled silver, which have become popular for
fighting supernaturals due to the effects they have on
supernaturals. Some spirit users may even use spyrix to fight
spiritual opponents (though this is dangerous due to its effect
on all spirits, not just enemies). For the most part, this
mostly covers weapons specifically designed for fighting
supernatural opponents, as normal weapons are usually covered
under their weapons training. And like all weapons, these kinds
of weapons all have counters depending on the weapons.
- Spirit User Spirit Combat Knowledge: Because spirit users
typically have to learn to fight spiritual opponents (due to
them having to fight things like hollows and dark spirits),
spirit users typically have a huge knowledge of how to fight
spiritual opponents. This isn't just about blasting opponents,
but spirit users have combat knowledge of how to attack
spiritual opponents by using their spirit energy in physical
combat as well as weapon combat. While the techniques of using
spirit techniques to attack spirits may work well, there are
times where spirit users may want to attack spiritual opponents
using physical attacks. Spirit users are extremely skilled at
combating spiritual type opponents, and can apply this aspect of
their combat to any part of their combat. There are usually two
aspects to this style. The first is one may learn to utilize
spirit user techniques into their physical combat. Among more
popular methods of using this are spirit amplification of
physical stats using the physical amplification technique, or
some users may learn to release blasts of spirit energy from
their physical attacks. This can be used a variety of ways, as
it mostly just depends on the user, the techniques and abilities
they have, and how creative they get with their attacks. The
second aspect of this style is applying spirit power to physical
attacks, whether they are physical combat or weapon combat
techniques. While most spirit users do have spirit energy combat
styles, most are able to also apply their spirit knowledge to
their physical combat in order to not have to waste power on
techniques all the time. For example, a spirit user could apply
this to a martial arts style and they could use physical attacks
on a spirit while still doing damage to the spirit. This applies
as well to weapons, where users can apply spirit combat to
weapons in order to attack spiritual enemies. This is a basic
aspect of combat that all spirit users learn, and depending on
how it's used, users can still be countered like normal combat
styles. Aside from the spirit component of this aspect of
combat, an opponent can still counter, and some opponents may
counter this more easily (such as hollows and dark spirits may
have their own ways to counter this even if this is still very
effective on them as well).
- Spirit User Dark Spirit Combat/Corrupted Spirit Knowledge:
Because of spirit users often attracting dark spirits that
usually want to steal their spirits, spirit users have become
experts in dark spirits and other evil spirit entities from
Xeles's side of the Shadow Realm. The biggest one is dark
spirits, in which many spirit users have been fighting dark
spirits as one of their primary enemies for a long time. They
are an expert in almost every dark spirit that they know of, and
an expert on how to deal with other evil spirits like hollows
and high level lost souls that might escape the death wraiths
and soul reapers. Thanks to their spirit power and some who even
develop skills to fight them, there aren't many dark spirits or
evil spirits that usually escape higher level spirit users, as
they usually end up fighting dark spirits and corrupted spirits.
They are experts of almost every kind of dark spirit known,
aside from more unique ones like certain combinations of dark
spirit powers (such as London Kuroshi who is a mix of multiple
dark spirit types to create his own new dark spirit type).
Overall, spirit users are knowledgeable about much of dark
spirits and how they operate, such as things like dark spirit
rebirths (which many don't fully understand), dark spirit
rituals and even how to counter dark spirits that are immune to
spirit purification (which are rare, but some are immune to
normal spirit purification). Because dark spirits are more
attracted to spirit users, they have to constantly fight these
spirits, even more so than fighting other physical enemies they
might have. However, there are some dark spirits that spirit
users don't know how to destroy, or how to overcome, with the
two major ones they can't beat being Xeles and Phantom (almost
all every spirit user knows to avoid these two at all costs, and
know not to deal with them). Among others might be dark spirits
like those from the Dark Multiverse, as few people ever come
from the Dark Multiverse to the point that no one really knows
much about them.
- Supernatural Strengths and Weaknesses Expert: Since spirit
users have to fight other supernaturals as much as anyone else
due to them, like so many, have to learn to defend themselves
from supernatural creatures. Depending on their training, most
spirit users have to learn how to fight all types of creatures
whether they want to or not as most spirit users will end up
being hunted by those like soul eaters even if they choose not
to fight (as many soul eaters will go after spirit users for
their stronger spirits and better power gain when taking the
souls of spirit users). Depending on the spirit user, some are
able to learn as much as they can about supernaturals from the
human world, or some may learn about supernaturals from others,
or some may even learn from firsthand experience in combat. As
such, they know the strengths and weaknesses of almost every
race, including spells, exorcisms and traps used against almost
all manners of supernaturals depending on their research and how
much they've learned about races. Depending on the age and
experience of the spirit user, most learn as much about killing
supernaturals as they can, as the more they know about fighting
supernaturals, the higher their chance of survival in a world
that will usually have some that will hunt them. For example,
those with knowledge of weaknesses might know that a human form
dragon's elemental breath can be disrupted with a good punch to
the throat, and that is just one example of weaknesses one can
learn with enough focus and research. While most focus on
spiritual type opponents, many will also have to learn about
supernaturals, with their main enemies being soul eater races
like demons, vampires and other races that may try to devour
souls. Because of this, spirit users must learn to fight
physical opponents as much as spiritual types. Thankfully, with
all the knowledge available in the world, many spirit users can
find information on many different races, with the only limits
to their knowledge being if they can find information or learn
through firsthand experience with supernaturals.
- Supernatural Hunting and Tracking: Whether a spirit user is a
supernatural hunter or not, spirit users learn a lot of the
tricks supernatural hunters use through research into
supernatural hunting techniques, and picked up a lot of tricks
to track people down whether it is through fighting supernatural
hunters or being supernatural hunters themselves (there are
spirit users on both ends of the spectrum). This has left them
with not only a great sense for hunting down opponents they need
to hunt down, but also left them with an innate ability to track
opponents. Werecreatures are able to learn to do very subtle
things, like tell whether a foot print is their target or not by
things like the shape of the boot and how deep the boot-print
is, as well as also being able to tell where their opponents go
thanks to circumstances like walking on plants, and animals that
are unusually silent being signs of predators in an area. They
usually have a sense of when opponents are near, as well as
usually knowing which way an opponent is going. And if a spirit
user has supernatural senses as well as normal senses, many
spirit users can develop a great sense of where things are
around them. This is especially true of spirit users when they
learn to sense spiritual presences, due to the fact that this
can also help track others or tell if people are tracking them
by what presences are around them. For the most part, there are
spirit users who become supernatural hunters, while there are
some that also some that hunt down supernaturals depending on
the spirit user (since there are such a wide range of spirit
users out there). This skill is something that not only requires
knowledge of tracking, and using the environment, but also
requires knowledge of supernaturals as well. For example, some
werecreatures actually jump through trees in the forest rather
than walk on the ground, in which supernaturals or supernatural
hunters have to understand that and use that knowledge to their
advantage. Many spirit users usually have a sense of when
creatures are around them, and most are trained specifically to
track supernatural creatures for their own survival (and that is
to say nothing of avoiding spiritual presences like dark
spirits). Most have come up with many ways to track
supernaturals, as the tactics of supernaturals are always
rapidly changing as supernaturals come to learn supernatural
hunter tricks for hunting. Even among human spirit users, most
learn these tricks without any special senses or abilities, as
they just rely on the environment or on what they learn about
how to track creatures.
- Supernatural Training: Exorcism, Weakness and Trap Knowledge:
Most spirit users are trained or learn how to use exorcisms and
traps for a multitude of creatures and mythologies, due to
exorcisms and traps being very useful in their own survival.
Spirit users typically use exorcisms and traps in order to take
advantage of other races weaknesses, and typically use this on
other creatures that are vulnerable to exorcisms and traps. For
example, some spirit users know that holy oil works well for
trapping angels, and even know demonic exorcisms to exorcise
angels back to Heaven due to the occasional angel or demon who
might try to recruit or hunt them depending on their intentions.
For the most part, they also know how most supernaturals
operate, in case they should find themselves up against other
supernaturals. Most spirit users seek as many ways to exorcise
and trap beings as possible, specifically for finding ways to
trap stronger enemies they may have to run away from or fight.
As such, many spirit users that have been alive a long time have
had the time to build up their knowledge. This can also help
some spirit users learn to avoid certain weaknesses of their
race depending on the user (such as one spirit user who was a
werewolf that used this training to learn to avoid certain
tricks supernatural hunters use to fight werewolves). Most
spirit users learn this in order to survive if they are on the
wrong side of supernatural hunters or other supernaturals, and
learn as much as they can with what they have. Typically, things
like exorcisms and traps can easily save a spirit user's life in
dangerous situations, and some spirit users have learned a lot
about these not just through books, but by watching others who
use these kinds of skills. Spirit users also have the advantage
of making certain items to help with this, such as they might
have certain supernatural items made that might be useful for
handling certain kinds of supernaturals if they have time to
prepare for battling a supernatural.
- Supernatural Hunter Extermination Experts (Supernatural Spirit
Users): Some spirit users who are supernaturals themselves
become experts in supernatural hunting techniques, besides just
using them to fight other supernaturals, is so that the spirit
user can learn how to fight against other creatures that hunt
them, since supernatural based spirit users are usually hunted
like other spirit users (depending on the spirit user). Most
spirit users will learn how supernatural hunters operate,
whether the hunters are human, werewolf, vampire or even demon
or angel. In order to survive, spirit users learn everything
they can about how supernatural hunters operate, and how to
avoid most supernatural hunter traps. This is another aspect
that makes spirit users especially dangerous, as many spirit
users learn ways to counter supernatural traps and learn quickly
the tricks supernatural hunters used to take them out. Because
spirit users that are supernatural in nature do encounter
hunters from time to time that will try to kill them, they will
often not only learn through books and training, but most end up
having to fight to survive against all manners of creatures (not
just spirits though spirits are a big part of their enemy list).
Usually, hunters will hunt down supernatural spirit users just
like most other supernaturals, as many hunters will see
supernatural spirit users as enemies if they don't know enough
about spirit users (and depending on the spirit user and the
hunter usually). Because of this, supernaturals that are spirit
users learn quickly about how to avoid, counter and kill almost
any manner of supernatural hunters (though many only kill
supernatural hunters when necessary, though the less moral ones
will hunt down and kill supernatural hunters to protect
themselves). Most supernatural hunters have to be very creative
about how they lure out spirit users like many supernaturals,
because of the fact that most learn over time how supernatural
hunters work, just like other supernaturals typically do.
- Supernatural Hunter Counter Experts (Supernatural Hunter
Spirit Users): Because of the rivalry between some supernatural
hunter groups, there are some supernatural hunter groups that
fight each other. Because of this, most supernatural hunters
also have to worry about other supernatural hunter groups, or
some supernatural hunter hunter groups who use their own tactics
against them, which even applies to spirit users who become
supernatural hunters. Because of this, supernatural hunters have
to be aware of when groups are using their own tactics, and they
have to adapt and counter those tactics when they arise. This
training also teaches supernatural hunters how to avoid certain
traps and tracking that other supernaturals will use, with some
groups training their supernatural hunters how to counter the
supernatural hunter group rivals of the group they're trained by
(For example, the Christian churches may have rivalries with
different churches supernatural hunter groups, or certain other
secret groups like the Men of Letters may refuse to cooperate
with other groups). Because of this, it's also important for
supernatural hunters to realize that their enemies are not
always supernaturals, but sometimes other humans and other
supernatural hunters. This mostly applies to supernaturals that
double as supernatural hunters (and may apply to spirit users),
as they often come under scrutiny for hunting their own kind and
some human supernatural groups won't let them operate as
supernatural hunters in fear they may turn on humans. Because of
this, supernatural hunters are not only weary of supernaturals
they hunt, but also of other supernatural hunters (though many
supernatural hunters often form groups for better survival
chances). To an extent, supernatural hunters have to be weary of
supernatural hunters they might come across, though most have to
learn when other supernatural hunters are enemies and when they
are allies, or else they could make unnecessary enemies. Of
course, this also works to counter when supernaturals use this
as a means to counter supernatural hunters, which is a tactic
that many supernatural hunters are seeing more and more of in
the current days.
- Spirit User Training: Presence Suppression/Crowd Blending:
Most spirit users have to learn how to blend into crowds and
learn to avoid suspicion, usually as a way to avoid dark spirits
and some other supernaturals whether they are supernaturals or
supernatural hunters. While most normal people don't give many
spirit users a second glance, many still learn to blend into
crowds and learn to avoid suspicion from anyone that might find
them suspicious. And because many spirit users also live in the
open by learning to blend into crowds, this even more important
to avoid dangerous supernaturals who might try to take them out
if they are discovered. As such, the ability to blend into a
crowd is still just as important as it is for other
supernaturals and supernatural hunters. For the most part,
spirit users often learn the best ways to avoid drawing
attention to themselves in crowds, learning methods to keep
suspicion off them. For example, some will have ways to hide
their weapons when out in public, often wearing casual clothes
or clothes to fit whatever area they're in (such as wearing
clothes common to the area they're in to avoid looking out of
place) that can allow them to not show their weapons they may
carry with them. Thankfully, there are a number of skills spirit
users can learn to suppress their spiritual presence, or they
can learn to hide using other methods. For example, if being
hunted by a werewolf, a spirit user might use different colognes
to confuse a werewolf's sense of smell. Crowds can be very
useful, as crowds can mask someone's presence, due to so many
people often being in one area that many aspects are impossible
to differentiate, and hiding in crowds can make one hard to find
if they blend in to the crowd well enough, allowing a
supernatural hunter to be able to avoid suspicion from
supernaturals they are hunting or other supernaturals in general
(as supernaturals they are not hunting may attack them). For the
most part, this is something spirit users learn depending on
what they are, and how they choose to hide, so how this is used
is different depending on the spirit user.
- Murderous Intent Sense: This lets those with this sense when
an attack is coming, usually by being able to tell when someone
has the intent to kill. This is a skill most warriors get by
fighting constantly for many years, learning how to sense
someone's murderous intent usually through encountering it
first-hand enough that they start to develop a strange sense
that lets them read people and be able to tell when someone has
the intention to kill. This lets the user read their environment
as well as the people around them in order to see what attacks
might be coming their way by reading an opponent's body language
and the "sense" of people around them. This gives them a passive
sense of reading people who might try to hurt them, as they can
sense when someone is ready to attack, and most people can
usually sense when that murderous intent is aimed at them. Some
can sense this literally as an aura through things like ki
sense, but most sense it in an instinctive way once their
instincts have been developed through constant fighting and
battles. This gives the user time to predict an attack, and to
some extent, helps the person predict what opponents will do in
a fight by reading their murderous intent. For example, by
reading an opponent's body language, such as how they move or
how tense they might be, a user of this can read opponents
movements in order to predict how they will fight or attack, as
some have developed entire fighting styles predicting people
through this method, such as the Hiten Mitsurugi sword style
that uses this to predict opponents. However, this sense is not
perfect, and some opponents can't be read if they can disguise
their murderous intent or they learn skills that can trick
people with this sense. Those who have no ability to feel
emotions also don't give off this murderous intent, as those who
don't have emotions don't feel the intent to kill. This sense is
usually pretty reliable unless one can suppress their murderous
intent, and is usually instinctive among people who have seen a
lot of battle and those that have fought for their lives
multiple times. The only real way to develop this is experience,
as no amount of training can truly grasp how this sense truly
works as it is only a passive ability that one can pick up by
experiencing murderous intent firsthand from enough people that
they learn to recognize the murderous intent in the feelings
they get from people.
Passive Abilities:
- Spirit User Passive Skill: Iron Defense: This particular
passive skill was based on the arrancar art, hierro, which uses
spirit power to strengthen the skin to increase defense in
battle as a passive skill. This power works similar to dragon
skin in how it operates, and uses spirit energy emitting from
the body to strengthen the skin as the spirit energy flows to be
released from the body. The degree of the effectiveness of this
skill depends on the person's spiritual power, and how much
energy they are able to generate, in which this power is trained
and concentrated using energy normally wasted when expelled from
the body. This skill's strength depends on the person, with some
having stronger ability to use this and some having weaker
abilities. Abilities like regeneration and other hardened skin
abilities make this ability weaker, since power is usually
diverted to other methods, but those with just this power can
use a stronger form of this than those without things like
regenerate. Trying to pierce one's defense requires more power,
and the stronger the iron defense, the harder it is to pierce
the spirit user. This acts like a natural defense to those with
this power, and helps them defend against attacks to a degree.
And depending on the race, they can gain defense against certain
techniques, such as death wraiths spirit energy being able to
also weaken shadow attacks that might be used on them thanks to
the shadow based spirit energy that is emitted from their body.
But just as they may gain strengths, they also gain weaknesses,
like death wraith versions of this skill upping defense against
shadow abilities, but this technique can be overcome in death
wraiths far more easily with concentrated light attacks and
blessed sea salt. And any user strong enough to physically
over-power this defense can do so without needing special
techniques. This can also be more easily pierced by those with
stronger spirit power, where those with stronger spirits can
overpower the spirit used in this skill. This also can only be
used as long as a user has spirit energy to spare, and once
depleted of their spirit energy, they cannot use this until they
recover their spirit energy.
- Spirit User Passive Skill: Accelerated Healing: While many
consider the spirit users to always be supernaturals, they are
usually whatever race they are (many of which are humans). If
the spirit user is a race without regeneration abilities, then
they would heal only as fast as a normal human. However, through
physical focus and training, even human spirit users have
learned to train their bodies to heal more quickly, by training
their bodies into peak physical condition and focusing their
spiritual power into their bodies to promote faster healing.
While many spirit users do have regeneration in some form, not
all have regeneration, and instead rely on this accelerated
healing. As an example of the effectiveness of this, a deep cut
(as long as it doesn't puncture an organ or other vital spot)
could heal in a few days (whereas most humans it would take
months-years to heal), or certain smaller injuries could heal in
a matter of hours. This utilizes peak physical and spiritual
condition to train the bodies, and is not actually supernatural
regeneration. This means that while spirit users can heal fast,
this isn't a supernatural method of regenerating, and is just
them having trained their bodies beyond that of most beings. As
such, this particular faster healing is not negated by things
like varanium or other regeneration negation abilities since
this power is not any form of supernatural or even tech based
regeneration. While spirit users can enhance their healing with
things like cybernetics and gaining certain supernatural race
abilities, most who don't have regeneration focus on building
this up through spiritual and physical training. As one might
imagine though, this is only an enhanced normal human level
healing, and doesn't use supernatural regeneration which means
that certain injuries cannot be healed naturally. For example, a
spirit user who loses a limb cannot regrow a limb simply from
using this healing, and this normal healing cannot be used to
heal from fatal injuries without help from someone who can heal
them before they die. This means that spirit users with this can
still be killed like they normally would be if they are forced
to only rely on this (like humans are normal to normal human
weaknesses).
- Spirit User Training Passive Skill: Spiritual Attunement: This
is a unique skill that spirit users develop. Through their
training, they are able to tune to their spirits, and this
grants them a unique sense of themselves. The first major aspect
of this is that a spirit user tunes to their spirit, and are
able to get a sense of what they need to do to help train their
spirit to get stronger. For example, some with positive spirit
power may meditate and be able to sense that training in a
certain way may grant them new abilities, or some may use this
connection to find ways of training that will help them grow
stronger more effectively than the training they'd normally do.
This isn't just about combat or training, but allows a spirit
user to truly understand their spirit and how it works. This
allows a user to gain a knowledge of their spirit that can help
them in many aspects, and also allows them to better utilize
their spirit user skills. By tuning to the spirit, users can
also gain a stronger connection to the spiritual plane, which is
the next aspect of this power. By tuning to the spiritual plane,
a spirit user is able to utilize this connection to sense the
spiritual, such as sensing spirits around them. When using this
attunement, spirit users can more easily sense what's around
them with their spirit sense, as this strengthens their
spiritual senses. When combining these two aspects, spirit users
typically are able to grow in ability with their spirit energy
much more effectively, and can more easily tap into the
potential that may be hidden in their spirits. Of course, this
doesn't have too much bearing on battles, as this is more about
training, attuning to the spiritual plane, and allowing a user
to more effectively learn to use their spirit powers. But it is
worth noting that spirit users cannot rush their growth, as they
can over-stress their spirits if they try to tap too deep into
their spirit and pull out their abilities too intensely. This
can cause damage to their spirit, and in extreme cases even
cause the user to stop being able to use spirit energy either
temporarily or permanently depending on the extremity of what
they're doing.
- Spirit User Spirit Energy Affinities: Thanks to their training
in the spirit, and them learning to attune their spirits, spirit
users often gain an affinity for spirit energy abilities as they
grow in their ability to draw on their spirit energy. This
allows some users to more easily learn spirit user techniques
and abilities as time goes on, where spirit users develop a
natural talent for utilizing their spirit energy. Not only do
they gain the affinity to learn new abilities, but they will
also gain affinities depending on their spirit energy as well
which can let them gain certain other affinities. For example, a
death wraith would gain a shadow-based spirit energy affinity
that would not only let them use their spirit energy, but they
would naturally be able to learn to use the shadow part of their
spirit energy effectively. Another example may include dragons
who can use their affinity for whatever elemental spirit they
possess (Such as a fire dragon will have a draconic fire spirit
energy affinity). This affinity applies to all spirit energy
users, and they are able to not only more easily use their
spirit energy, but they can also more easily adapt their use of
spirit energy to help them out in certain situations. Every
spirit user has some kind of spirit energy affinity depending on
their spirit energy, which they not only can use, but can train
up as they learn more about their spirit power through their
spiritual attunement. For this affinity, depending on the race,
spirit users can use their spirit affinity in different ways, in
which some can even learn other abilities depending on what
their spirit power can use. For example, death wraith Kierran
Black developed his own shadow skills using spirit energy thanks
to his affinity for spirit energy, but also his affinity for his
shadow based spirit energy to utilize it in unique ways. This is
different for every spirit user depending on what they are and
what abilities they have. However, the affinities only apply to
what race they are, and they cannot learn other spirits of races
they don't have. For example, other races cannot suddenly learn
ceros of hollows due to hollows having different spirit power
than other races (but a hollow could more easily learn ceros
since they have the affinity for hollow spirit powers).
- Spirit User Energy Resistance: Because the users train in the
spirit, and they have heavy training in countering energies,
spirit users have a resistance to other energies. Thanks to
their spirit amplification of their physical bodies, and the
defense they have, they can more easily defend against other
energy users. Depending on the spirit user, some can gain
specific resistances depending on their other skills, making
spirit users a bit more unique from spirit user to spirit user
since some may not have the same particular resistances. Every
spirit user tends to gain some form of energy resistance, and
take reduced damage from other energy types. Their spirit energy
allows them to defend against many manners of energy type
attacks, from mana to chi to ki to even things like sage energy
or nature energy. Because of this defense, energy users that are
not spirit users tend to have a much harder time breaking a
spirit user's defenses, to which spirit users can usually
overpower other forms of energy (as long as that spirit energy
isn't too much stronger than theirs. Spirit users can counter
some more stronger energies out there, as long as their spirit
is focused enough to handle it, and their spirit energy can
handle the power of the energy generated. However, it takes
energy stronger than the spirit user to overpower their spirit
energy and damage them, so many energy users have to try other
strategies to get through spirit user defenses. However, while
they do gain resistance to other energies, they never gain
resistance to other spirit energy users, and can always take
normal damage from other spirit energy users or users of
spiritual powers. For example, spirit energy used in chakra or
aura might be able to be used to do regular damage with both
energies having some spirit energy. However, the biggest thing
that surpasses this is the spirit energy of hollows and dark
spirits, which no spirit users (even hollows or dark spirits)
gain complete resistance to since this power is essentially
stronger spirit energy use that can counter normal spirit
energy. And while some may gain resistances, others may have to
sacrifice other resistances as a result. Such as a magic user
may gain resistance to mana, but might gain less resistance to
chi magic as a result.
- Spirit User Combat Spirit Adaption: Because spirit users tune
their spirits and have to train their spirits to use their
spirit energy, spirit users have all learned a natural combat
talent when it comes to training (though some spirit users have
better combat talents than others). Almost all spirit users
train in physical combat and supernatural combat in some way,
and with enough training, they can gain an affinity for adapting
in combat, whether it's through natural talent or through hard
work. Any warrior can mention how one or the other doesn't
always mean one will have an advantage over the other, as
natural talent and hard work are often best used in combination
with each other. For spirit users, even those without natural
talent learn to adapt and modify their spirit based combat style
so that they can more easily change up their styles in combat.
While this isn't an instant process, learning from combat allows
a spirit user to practice and learn how to adapt to certain
combat styles and supernatural abilities, as well as how to
apply their own spirit energy to their combat. Just as one might
expect, this leads most spirit users to be highly capable and
adaptable warriors as a result of this training and this talent
they develop to adapt their combat for the situations they might
find themselves in. Depending on the spirit users, many often
find themselves with natural enemies, so many train to defend
themselves. All spirit users have their own ways of adapting and
learning to fight. And as they train, they show how they adapt
and grow as warriors. However, while skilled in combat, no
fighter is ever perfect, and there is always room to grow, so
this never truly hits a cap. Typically this combat depends on
the spirit user and their training, as each will come up with
different ways to use this. For example, younger spirit users
will usually train hard and get stronger, faster and more
durable between battles, but older spirit users that have been
fighting for a long time often hit a cap in how high their
physical abilities can get and instead focus on becoming more
efficient fighters rather than just trying to grow in physical
stats. It is also worth noting that depending on the spirit
user, some may have more talent than others, and some may have
more talent for some aspects of combat, while others have more
talent for other aspects.
- Spirit User Body, Mind and Spirit Training: Those who want to
train in spirit energy do not do so in a traditional sense.
Those that train in spirit energy cannot simply train their
physical bodies and call it a day, as all spirit users require
specific training to utilize their spirit energy. Those who
train their spirit energy have to not only train physically to
their limit and their minds, but they also have to push their
spirit energy beyond it's limits, training the spirit to
generate more power on a consistent basis. By combining training
of the body, mind and spirit, spirit users can develop the
ability to utilize their spirit energy more effectively, and can
utilize stronger spirit energy through training in this manner.
When training, most have their own ways of doing so, usually
thanks to other spirit users or mentors who might teach them
good ways to train their spirit energy abilities. However, while
things like meditation can help train to some extent, the true
training comes from using spirit energy and pushing that power
beyond it's limits to train the spirit to use stronger spirit
energy. Just as those like ki users have to push their body to
produce more ki, spirit users also have to push their spirit to
build more spirit energy. There are many ways to do this, but
those who train in spirit energy have to train harder than most
people who use typical energy do in order to grow as spirit
users. This may not be a problem for some who have high levels
of spirit, but those that do not have stronger spirits have to
train much more harshly, making this a good path of training for
those that want to become powerful. However, it is difficult in
the beginning for those that don't have as much affinity for
spiritual abilities, and even some stronger spirit users can
have trouble with controlling their spirit energy. Since most
people do start small in training, massive training is often
necessary at some point to be able to use spirit energy at all,
let alone grow. Some don't like the sheer amount of work people
need to put into this training, but some use it for just that
purpose, as some feel that training the spirit and the body can
help them grow as warriors.
- Spirit User Skill: Meditative Focus Growth (Positive power
spirit users only): When talking about training spirit, one
might notice that the training of the body, mind and spirit
never mentioned how to focus spirit energy and learn how to
focus energy more effectively. That's because this ability is
for that aspect of training. In this aspect of training,
positive spirit users learn to focus their spirit. While mind,
body and spirit training helps a spirit user grow in power, this
ability helps a spirit user grow in focus. For positive spirit
users, that entails a lot of meditation, where positive spirit
users learn to calm their minds and learn to more effectively
focus and concentrate on their spiritual power. This method of
meditation utilizes calming the mind to focus their mind and
body, which helps them focus their spirit energy. This method of
meditation relies more on calmness and the emptying of the mind,
where an empty mind helps a user focus their energy more
effectively. Unlike the negative spirit focus, positive users
learn this more as a means to focus and concentrate their energy
more easily. This is normally used by those with a more positive
nature, and is very safe compared to the negative spirit focus
power. Like other meditation, this helps the body focus more
energy through the body, though this method doesn't focus as
much energy as methods like negative spirit meditation. Users of
this method instead learn to focus and gain better control of
their spirit energy through this meditation. As such, spirit
users that use this instead are often able to use their energy
more efficiently, where they are able to use less energy for
stronger attacks. The only real downside to this particular
method of meditation is that the path to stronger energy is a
longer journey. Because of this, spirit users have to train far
harder than other methods to get stronger. While they do gain
better focus and control which can help them use less energy for
the same skills, this method of focus is more of a slow journey.
However, the positive side is that this is a far safer method,
and lets users grow at a slower pace so they get used to their
abilities rather than trying to force growth and risk what that
amplification will do to them.
- Spirit User Skill: Negative Emotions Focus Growth (Negative
spirit users only): When talking about training spirit, one
might notice that the training of the body, mind and spirit
never mentioned how to focus spirit energy and learn how to
focus energy more effectively. That's because this ability is
for that aspect of training. This method of meditation utilizes
negative emotions to strengthen their mind and body, and focus
the spirit. This method of meditation is not about peace and
calmness like most meditations are, but instead about using
anger and hatred like a lens to focus one's power. Because many
powers tend to respond to emotions, anger and hatred are used to
amplify these powers and amplify the darker side of the spirit.
Those that learn this meditative method learn to utilize anger
and hatred not just to amplify their spirit energy, but also to
focus their minds so that they can better focus their spirit
energy. This is normally used by those with intense anger and
hatred, and usually is a very dangerous method of meditation to
be used. This meditation is more about focus to forcing the
spirit to empowerment, even if it strains the body to do so.
Like other meditation, this helps the body focus more energy
through the body, with this method specifically opening up the
flow of energy using this meditative method. The major problem
with this meditation type is that it damages the body when used,
forcing the body to unleash it's power and open up its flow of
energy unnaturally. Because of this, a user has to be careful
that this method of meditation doesn't destroy them. Those that
use this have often also been known to lose years of their life
due to the strain this puts on the body of years of forcing the
body's potential to the surface. Those that use this can keep
the damage in check with regenerative power, but over the years,
this can even wear down regeneration abilities if one is not
careful, as this meditative method has been known to even wear
down the energy flow in the body as one gets older which causes
further damage.
- Spirit User Multi-Linguists/Language Learning: Depending on
the spirit user, there are many that often travel the world, or
may learn other languages to interact with others. In addition,
many spirit users have been around for a very long time and have
had time to travel the world. Some older spirit users may even
know certain out of date dead languages (languages with no new
words being added and aren't spoken anymore), with some even
being familiar with certain older languages that most wouldn't
know. However, the time they have spent fighting supernaturals
may also lead them to learning certain other languages with uses
beyond speaking, such as learning Enochian to learn more about
how to counter angels, or learning Hebrew to learn more about
fallen angels and demons and how to counter them. Of course,
that's not to also mention the fact that many spirit users have
at least a few spoken languages they have to learn, with
English, Spanish, and French being among the most common
language families for them to learn. And for older spirit users
who learn more languages, many can develop an affinity for
learning new languages, to which they can learn new languages
more easily once they have begun to study how languages are
formed. It is also easier to learn a language if one is familiar
with the language tree, such as Spanish and Portuguese being
very similar languages due to being in the same language tree
(though some might find the similarity between similar languages
a bit too difficult to learn at times). Overall, spirit users
often have multiple languages, whether it's for learning about
supernaturals, or just learning it to be able to communicate
with other people who speak other languages. Regardless of the
initial reason, most spirit users know at least a few languages,
and have an affinity for learning new languages due to having to
learn multiple languages that they learn to pick up on other
languages much more easily. Of course, younger spirit users may
or may not know multiple languages, and this may just depend on
the spirit user in general.
- Spirit User Enhanced Life Span: Depending on the race, spirit
users typically live far longer than normal humans. While there
are races that do live a lot longer, like say death wraiths
living to almost a million years, even human spirit users
develop an enhanced life span. It is believed to be due to the
fact that spirit energy tends to have a bit of a restorative
effect on aging, as some older beings who use spirit energy
techniques have temporarily gone back into their prime for a
short time. This restorative effect seems to also be what allows
spirit users to more easily heal from injuries through training,
and this helps them even counter the effects of aging to a
degree. Even among spirit users that are human or of a race
without regeneration and enhanced life spans, many spirit users
often live for hundreds of years, with the oldest human spirit
user being over 200 years old and still living. It takes far
longer for spirit users to age than most other beings, and
unlike other races with regeneration, their life span is not
about their regeneration eventually breaking down over time like
it is with many other races. Instead spirit users often have
this restorative effect until they die, and often takes much
longer for them to show signs of aging than humans. While their
lifespan may not seem much compared to beings like angels and
demons (who have an indefinite life span), spirit users can live
extremely long lives. This can even be longer if a spirit user
is of a race with regeneration, as one might expect. However,
those with regeneration and this restorative effect may live
even longer than their normal life span, due to this effect
being something that never truly goes away unless a user stops
using spirit energy and stops focusing it through training.
However, this doesn't mean that spirit users still can't be
killed by normal means, as spirit users usually can be killed by
whatever kills their particular race (IE human could be killed
like any other human). This mostly only applies to their natural
aging, not being killed in battle or dying as result of some
sort of accident. This also may not help them with certain
illnesses, which can still kill them if the illness can
overpower their restoration and/or regeneration.
- Supernatural Telepathy: This ability lets a supernatural
creature communicate telepathically with anyone they can connect
to. Typically this power uses their supernatural power, in which
they use it to tune to a person if they know where they are in
order to communicate with them. This lets them communicate with
other people without having to speak, with them being able to
share thoughts directly with others when the creature isn't
speaking out loud. However, usually the creature has to know
where the person is to use this basic telepathy since they have
to know where to send their thoughts and communication. However,
this doesn't apply to those who establish permanent connections
(as this allows those with permanent connections to always be
able to communicate with someone they have this permanent
connection with), such as connecting to other family members and
close friends. This lets creatures not only communicate with
those they have a permanent connect with, but can also tell them
where they are at any time should they require to find them or
need to be summoned to them (which some supernaturals can learn
to summon those that they have special connections with). Those
who are set up with permanent connections have to accept the
connection, and even then, they can sever it if they choose to.
However, there are ways to block telepathic communications, such
as certain frequencies that may confuse the mind's ability to
process telepathy, or certain wards that might prevent
telepathy. There are also certain types of opponents who can
listen in on communication done telepathically (it is rare, but
sometimes it does happen sometimes with certain psychic
opponents). For spirit users, they are also able to learn this,
but their method is slightly different. For spirit users, they
use their spirits to communicate with others, rather than their
minds. this works the same in operation, but is more just a
unique way of using this skill.
- Spirit User Enhanced Intelligence, Memory and Reflexes:
Depending on the spirit user, most spirit users have enhanced
minds thanks to their supernatural power. The first thing that
is enhanced is their intelligence, in which some spirit users
gain certain intelligence boosts depending on what kind of
creature they are and what supernatural power they possess. This
has a few uses, such as allowing a spirit user to more easily
learn information, or might help spirit users develop strategies
for certain situations. Depending on the spirit user, some might
gain stronger intelligence than others, and depending on the
race, they may have ways to utilize this. The second enhancement
is to the spirit user's memory, where spirit users typically
have very good memory thanks to their spiritual enhancement of
the mind and the focus they do in meditation. Many spirit users
have a hard time forgetting things, and some smarter spirit
users may even have a photographic memory or eidetic memory. The
last enhancement that spirit users gain is the enhancement of
their reflexes, which allows them to react much faster than most
creatures can due to many spirit users often having a major
talent and end up training specifically for combat. Depending on
the spirit user and the training some spirit users are able to
utilize their enhanced reflexes to react far more quickly, with
older and more experienced spirit users sometimes even learning
to train their reflexes to allow them to dodge attacks without
thinking, a highly advanced combat skill among supernaturals and
even martial artists. Typically, all of these enhancements work
in unison, and depending on the spirit user, the balance of
enhancements may be different depending on the specific spirit
user, and their natural abilities (such as smarter spirit users
might gain better intelligence, but more combat-based spirit
users could gain stronger reflexes). Typically, most spirit
users are either balanced with a slight increase to all their
enhanced mind stats, or they can specialize in specific stats
for higher stats, but this usually means lesser stats in certain
other aspects as a result (Like an enhanced intelligence and
reflexes might have poor memory).
- Spirit User Enhanced Senses: Depending on the spirit user,
most spirit users developed enhanced senses thanks to their
training (though how enhanced and what senses they develop may
depend on the race they are). Depending on the race, some spirit
users may develop extra senses as well, such as how
werecreatures are able to see in the dark as though it were
light out, and are able to operate even in complete darkness
thanks to their supernatural vision. Some spirit users may have
varying degrees of sense enhancement, since this may have a
unique balance of senses that is different between each spirit
user. However, this isn't just about new senses, but spirit
users also can gain enhanced normal senses as well. For example,
spirit users may gain enhanced sight, where their sight can
become enhanced to see more effectively or see farther than
others. Enhanced hearing may allow a spirit user to hear things
from further away than others can normally. Enhanced smell can
allow a spirit user to smell things that normal people would
miss, though their sense of smell may or may not compare to
certain supernaturals like werewolves (depending on what race
the user is). And enhanced touch can allow a user to more easily
use their sense of touch to detect things that might come into
contact with them, or can allow them to feel things around them
more effectively than other races. This depends mostly on the
spirit user, and partially what race they are. However, while
most spirit users do gain enhanced senses, some with more
enhanced senses can be overwhelmed by certain things, such as
enhanced sight could be overwhelmed by a flashbang, or a strong
sense of smell could be overwhelmed with a strong enough smell.
This depends on the user and their senses, but most spirit users
can be overwhelmed in their senses in some way if their senses
are enhanced enough. Some that are more balanced in their senses
may not be as easy to overwhelm if their senses are not strong
enough to be, but this comes with the drawback of not having the
same enhanced senses. And other enhanced senses still have the
same weaknesses (IE Darkvision being overwhelmed by intense
light).
- Spirit User Spirit Sense: This is a unique spirit sense that
is specific to spirit users. This allows a spirit user to read
any spiritual energy in an area. This is often used in two major
ways. The first is that a user uses this to get a general sense
of their surroundings and anyone or anything with spirit energy
around them. In the world, everything (even objects) have spirit
energy, so this acts like a sense for almost everything around
the spirit user (though some may not be able to sense the
spirits of objects depending on their skill level with this).
This is more of a general sense, and done to allow one to get a
sense of an area more than trying to read an opponent. However,
this does read a person's spirit energy and allow a user to read
how much spirit energy one has, as well as sense what they are
based on the presence they give off (assuming they are not a
creature that has a suppressed presence). The second way of
using this is far more specific. Instead of focusing on an area,
a spirit user instead uses this sense to focus in on one spirit
in particular, in which they tune their senses specifically to
that spiritual presence. Not only can they sense the person's
presence to tell what they are and how much spirit energy they
have, but this also allows a spirit user to read his opponents
to some degree, in which some spirits can use this to predict
opponents if they are skilled enough with using this skill.
Unlike other senses, this power takes effort and time to learn,
so spirit users have to train at using this. Users that use this
may require time and concentration when starting out, and even
advanced users have to focus more in order to use it on a
specific person, which could leave them open to counterattack by
others that the hollow isn't focused on. Another thing to note
is that when a spirit user opens up this sense, it opens them up
to the spirit plane, which can also be a bad thing due to the
fact that it is usually at this point in their training where
they may be attacked by things like hollows and dark spirits who
may come after them. In the words of London Qrow Darkfire: Once
you see them (dark spirits), they see you. This is words to live
by for spirit users, and spirit users have to be careful.
- Inner Spirit/Inner World Sense/Protection: Like soul reapers
are specifically trained to do, spirit energy users are able to
focus inward in order to go into their spirit/mind's inner
world. This is similar to how soul reapers, arrancars and even
the Darkfires use this art, in which they are able to use this
to control their minds completely by learning to control their
inner world. This goes by many names, where different races will
call this different things. Among names this goes by is one's
"inner world," "inner spirit," and "the mind's landscape."
Spirit users learn, much like some other races, how to control
this mental landscape, and learn how this landscape will reflect
the state of their mind. This includes being able to do things
like being able to suppress certain parts of the mind, as well
as being able to emit certain emotions despite not actually
feeling them. This depends partially on the race, as some races
have unique methods of doing this. However, by changing the
mental landscape, one is often able to reflect their mind in
their inner spirit, where spirit users can usually use this to
either control their minds. Most who use this art to control
their emotions are able to fool even those with psychic
abilities, in which they can control what psychic people are
able to read, and can even use that to their advantage (though
this is usually among more advanced users of this skill, and
most basic users are still vulnerable to this). However, another
use of this is among races with soul bound items or spirits that
may lie in their spirit (the most common examples being death
wraith soul swords and soul reaper zanpakutos), where users have
to learn to go into their inner world in order to awaken what
may lie in them. However, not all spirit users have things that
lie in their spirit, as this depends more on the race. However,
all spirit users can use this to some degree to control their
minds, as they often learn to control this inner world through
meditation and learn to control this mindscape through focus (as
spirit users use meditation in some form to focus, which allows
them to develop a use of this skill).
- Spirit User Supernatural and Combat Trained Enhanced Physical
Stats: Depending on the spirit users, most spirit users have
enhanced physical stats as a result of not only their
supernatural power they gain from their spirit amplification,
but also gain enhanced physical stats from training, since most
spirit users have to train in physical combat. Most spirit users
have trained in not only spiritual combat, but in other combat
styles, with each spirit user typically having their own balance
of physical stat enhancements. This mostly depends on the spirit
user and their combat styles, as some might specialize in
strength, some might specialize in speed, and some might even go
for a more balanced set of stats. In addition to learning to
fight physical opponents, spirit users have to learn to fight
dark spirits and other evil spirits as well. Since any race with
a soul can become a spirit user, most of their physical stats
are usually reflected in the type of creature they are. For
example, werewolves might focus more on agility and speed, but
still have incredible power and stamina, while human spirit
users might focus on a more balanced set of physical skills.
This depends on the individual spirit user since all spirit
users have their own balance of strengths and weaknesses,
depending partially on their training, their combat styles, and
whatever combat talents they might possess. Spirit users can
become very skilled combatants, so most are not to be
underestimated in combat since they not only fight on a physical
plane, but often also fight on a spiritual plane. Typically,
like most physical stats, most beings will focus on one or two
stats to gain a bigger boost than the others but at the cost of
other stats not being as high, or beings could train for a more
even set of stats to be more even, but they may not gain as high
stats as a result as those who specialize in specific stats
(though they would be able to outclass the lesser stats of stat
specialists due to having all their stats enhanced). And just as
one might expect, what race the user is will often also
determine what their natural affinities are, so some spirit
users may be more predictable in what physical stats increase
depending on their race.
Transformations:
- Full Power Spirit Release: Arrancars, soul reapers, and
certain vampires like the Darkfires use this kind of
transformation without really thinking too much about it, where
they release the full power of their spirit to reach a more
powerful state. However, many don't fully understand what this
power actually is. Usually, this state releases the full
potential temporarily of the person who uses it, where they gain
enhanced physical and supernatural stats, even sometimes gaining
abilities that can only be used in their released form. This
typically depends on the user, since each user's potential is
different, and the unlocking of this is different for each race.
For example, soul reapers unlock this through their zanpakuto's
bankai, or an arrancar uses their zanpakuto to use this by going
into resurreccion form. Every race has different ways of doing
this, and many different races have different final results
(with most often being unique to the user, making all instances
of this full release form different). Some people may even just
gain a slightly enhanced stat boost and not change much at all,
while others may gain special abilities that make them seem
radically different. The transformation is different for each
person and race, making it rare to see two of the same releases.
And depending on the user, every race may release their full
power differently, so this is hard to quantify and explain how
every spirit user may learn to release their full power.
However, the one thing all releases share in common is that
they cannot be used for long, and once the user runs of out of
spirit energy, they will return to normal. This can be used by
almost any spirit user, though a spirit user has to awaken this
in their full spirit, usually by overcoming a side of themselves
they try to suppress (usually through meditation), and after
defeating that side of themselves (usually in a mental battle),
they will gain this ability. For the most part though, these
transformations usually come with weaknesses as well, such as a
fire-based transformation may be weaker to ice and water
abilities, or a larger transformed state might make the user
tankier (meaning they won't have as much speed, but have
increased strength and defense).
- High Level Spirit User Transformation: Divine/Dark States: If
a spirit user reaches a level where they go into a divine state
or a dark state, they learn to transform into those states at
will through training and meditation. These states are different
for each user, and typically replace the full release spirit
user states rather than being an addition to them, and some uses
of this may even be modifications of the full release state.
Like the release states, this is different from spirit user to
spirit user, as each one will have unique divine or dark states
depending on what they choose. Spirit users all attain this
state mostly the same way, with the spirit users eventually
learning to tap deep enough into their spirits to awaken this
skill (which usually is done through experience, but very rare
cases of natural talent might awaken this kind of state early
depending on the user). These divine and dark states are
different depending on the user, where each use will often have
unique abilities and requirements to use. Divine state users
will often have to meditate and learn to clear their minds to
effectively use a divine state, such as Olympus Goten Uchiha who
can use his divine state thanks to his meditation and focus. For
dark states, usually their meditation is focused around negative
spirit meditation, where they focus on strengthening their
spirit amplification using anger and hatred amplification, with
one example being the Olympus alternate Kazuma Uchiha who gained
a dark state through his own hatred focus. Divine and dark
states are typically opposites, but the one thing they share in
common is that it takes a lot to awaken these powers, and higher
level spirit users have to train for years usually to gain this
power. Another common thing with these states is that users may
only be able to attain the full power of these states as they
get older, and may not be able to use the full abilities when
they're younger. Some users also may or may not be able to stay
in this state for long, as some divine and dark states can be
very draining on their power depending on the state. Depending
on the state, each state will often have unique strengths and
weaknesses, with each state being different. This means that
players will have to state the strengths and weaknesses of each
state.
Weaknesses:
- You're still a mortal... I think: Spirit energy users still
have race weaknesses of whatever they are. Every race spirit
user still has their races particular weaknesses, as spirit
users are still whatever race they are at their core. While some
races may be harder to kill than others (such as angels and
demons often being able to regenerate from their bodies being
mostly destroyed), all races have some form of weaknesses. For
many races, many races can usually be killed by destroying the
heart or brain of the user, or some races may be able to be
killed more easily by beheading. While spirit users can heal
injuries using spirit healing, and do have faster healing than
normal humans, spirit users can still be killed like any other
mortal creature. And depending on the race, some races may have
other weaknesses, such as death wraiths have a weakness to
blessed sea salt and iron. And typically, spirit user's spirit
energy may be able to be countered more easily by iron, due to
iron being useful for dispelling spiritual power. All races have
some weaknesses, and even with regeneration, there are ways
around regeneration. While spirit user accelerated healing is
not weak to varanium or other regeneration negation abilities,
those races with regeneration can still have their regeneration
negated by whatever regeneration negation items or abilities
that might be used on them. While spirit users are strong
usually, they still take damage based on the type of creature
they are, and their physical stats can only help them so much in
battle. One major weakness though that spirit users often have
is that they can more easily be killed by other spiritual
powers, in which creatures like hollows and dark spirits may be
able to more easily kill spirit users since spirit users are
more vulnerable to spirit power. As this is hard to quantify for
each race, players should list whatever weaknesses their
character has depending on what race they are.
- Train like your life depends on it, because it might: Spirit
energy users have a harder time training spirit energy than most
other energy users, due to spirit energy requiring more intense
training. This is due to the fact that they have to push their
bodies, spirits and minds to the limit, which usually means
pushing far beyond what most training regiments will go for. As
such, this training may be effective, but it is much harder to
keep up with than most other training for other energies. Spirit
users are able to grow just like typical fighters and get
stronger as time goes on, but their training is still very hard
on them and requires constant training to keep their spiritual
power (a lack of training and focusing spirit power may result
in the spirit user losing their enhanced spirit user skills).
Those who are just starting out, or don't have as much
experience, tend to not be able to draw on as much power unless
they have a naturally strong spirit aura, while elders tend to
be able to have access to stronger and more abundant spirit
energy, but often times, by the times they reach this stage,
they are often old and their bodies don't always keep up with
their spirits. And depending on the spirit, each spirit may
require different training. For example, stronger spirit
presences may have much more spirit energy, but will be much
harder to control than those spirit users without strong
spiritual energy. And with weaker spirit users, they may not
have as strong spirit energy which will require more focus and
concentration to use stronger spirit energy (but weaker spirit
users don't have to worry about losing control of their spirit
usually). And depending on the race, some spirits may be easier
or harder to train, such as some races that use spirit energy
naturally (like soul reapers or hollows) may be able to learn
this more effectively than races that may not be able to use
this naturally. There is no real way to circumvent the amount of
work one has to put into their training, and some may enjoy the
intense training, while others may be discouraged by how much
training it may take to keep up their power.
- Don't overextend yourself, or else: Spirit energy users might
take spiritual damage instead of physical damage if they
over-strain their spirit. For the most part, spirits are much
more durable than bodies due to the soul being eternal (under
most circumstances), but that doesn't mean the spirit is
invincible. Those who over-strain their spirit too much may do
irreparable damage to their spirit, damaging their ability to
use spirit energy. And if a user has their spirit energy turned
back on them or has other spirit energy used on them, it is
possible that one can do spirit energy damage rather than
physical damage. This means that control is typically required
for most spirit users, as if they continue to draw power even
after not having any, they can do damage to themselves, a
mistake some newer spirit energy users tend to fall into as they
think they can push their spirit further than they might think
(spirit users can push their spirits beyond their limits, but
there is a limit they can hit where anymore strain will cause
damage to their spirit). This also means that it is important to
know the limits of one's own spirit and not push too far beyond
it to the point that it damages the body and spirit. Just like
some other energies, drawing too much could risk killing the
user, another danger of overuse of spirit energy. It's bad
enough that trying to draw too much spirit energy can damage a
user's spirit, but if one still continues to push beyond that
point that they take spiritual damage, they can actually kill
themselves if they take the energy that binds their soul to
their bodies, in which they can accidentally permanently
separate their souls from their bodies, which can result in
either death, or the soul being unable to return to the body and
the body running around without a soul, which is often never a
good thing. This usually requires pushing far beyond one's
limits, something most people would be aware of by this point if
they are out of energy, but this typically is similar to when
other energy users start drawing on their vital life force, in
which they shorten their lives or even die if their life forces
are reduced to absolute zero.
- Ever heard of Chain of Fate? Neither did I: There are two
parts of the spirit that must be protected by spirit users. The
first is known as the Chain of Fate. When a spirit user
separates from their body (usually in astral projection), a user
is tied to their body through what is known as the Chain of
Fate, that acts like an anchor. Whether or not this is visible
is dependent on the race, and some can learn to hide their chain
of fate (where it won't be able to be attacked unless one
attacks the source of the Chain of Fate. This chain connects to
where the chest would be in the spirit form, and if severed, a
spirit cannot return to their body. However, while this is
instant death usually for the body if this is severed (meaning
spirit users have to be very careful when in astral projection
against anything that can sever their Chain of Fate), the
biggest problem comes after the chain is severed. If the Chain
of Fate is severed, the chain will rot away and the user will
become a hollow if they don't go to the afterlife before their
chain is fully degraded and melts away (a process that takes
some time, but is a danger to any spirit that is in the living
world and isn't alive). This particular part of the spirit
usually cannot be attacked when a spirit user is in their
physical body, but some spiritual opponents can attack this
without attacking physically (such as hollows and soul reapers
are trained to attack this specifically. As mentioned, severing
the soul chain separates the body from the spirit, and can kill
the body if the user cannot find a way to return to their
bodies. It is very rare for a spirit to return to the body after
their Chain of Fate is severed, and the only known way to avoid
this fate is either to become a hollow, or become a soul reaper
if one has the potential to become a soul reaper. Luckily, there
are very few that know that this is a problem, but spiritual
opponents like hollows and dark spirits are fully aware of this
and may seek to attack a spirit user's chain of fate
specifically. This means that spirit users have to learn to
defend that part of their spirit or risk death. However,
thankfully, it is very hard to sever a chain of fate, and
usually this only happens at the moment of physical death. This
does work differently depending on the race though, such as
hollows don't have a chain of fate due to theirs rotting away
(meaning they don't have this problem), and creatures like soul
reapers chain of fates change due to them being spiritual
beings.
- What the h*ll's a Soul Chain?: The second part of the spirit
to note is just as important for one simple reason: All spirit
energy is generated by a certain part of the soul, known as the
Soul Chain. This is a part of the soul that generates spiritual
energy, and interacts with the body (though it is not usually
visible). If enough damage is done to this part of the soul, the
user will not be able to generate soul energy temporarily or
permanently depending on how bad the damage is done. This means
that this part of the soul is something that every spirit user
must protect or they could risk being made to lose their spirit
power completely. To destroy the soul chain permanently is
difficult, but with enough power and energy, it can be done.
This means that this is typically the greatest weakness in most
spirit users, and they must make sure that opponents do not do
too much damage to this part of the soul lest they lose their
ability to generate spirit energy. If permanently severed, there
is typically no recovery, with the only known cases of spirit
energy recovery being one having hidden spirit power that they
have yet to unlock in which unlocking can restore the spirit
chain. However no amount of soul healing or spirit fixing up can
heal the spirit chain once it is permanently severed (with the
one exception of hidden spirit power sometimes working to
restore this, but it is rare). Typically almost all races have
only one spirit chain, and it is almost unheard of for anyone to
have two and impossible to have more than two. Thankfully, this
part of the soul is not visible, so it is much harder to attack
than a Chain of Fate. Typically, those that have lost their soul
chain are not in danger of becoming a hollow, but they do stop
generating spirit energy which weakens them severely both
physically and spiritually, and may lead to death if the body
can't handle the loss of spirit energy in the body. While some
spirit users can survive the lose of their soul chain, they do
lose all their spirit power in the process of losing their soul
chain. While there may be ways to regain the spirit chain, there
are no really known ways to restore it consistently. And this
may work differently depending on the race, such as soul reapers
and arrancars may become human souls once they lose their soul
chain.
- Make sure you have gas in the tank: Just like all energy
users, spirit energy can only be used if there is spirit energy
to draw from. Once a user runs out, their spirit energy
abilities will not be usable until they have recovered their
spirit energy (which may take varying amounts of time depending
on the user and how depleted their spirit energy is. And as
stated, trying to use them after running out of spirit energy
can be very disastrous. This is as much a problem for spirit
users as any other spirit user, where once they run out, they
won't be able to attack. And if still in a battle with something
like a hollow or a dark spirit, this can be a very bad thing
since spirit energy is what allows spirit users to attack
hollows and dark spirits. So spirit users have to manage their
spirit energy and be careful how much they use, or they could
end up in dangerous situations if they run out. And when they
run out, they lose their spirit amplification abilities, as well
as their body and spirit being more vulnerable to attack.
Another thing to note is that unlike other energy types, spirit
users' spirit energy may be limited by the size of their body,
or those with larger bodies may be able to release stronger
spirit energy (not always the case though). Smaller opponents
are not able to put out more spirit energy at once than someone
who is much larger, with certain exceptions. While this doesn't
make those with bigger bodies tougher, it does mean that those
with smaller bodies tend to not being able put out as much
energy quite as quickly as larger bodies can. This also means
that larger bodies are also able to generate more spirit energy
than those of smaller statures. Typically, there are exceptions
to this, such as those born with natural strong spirit energy
may be able to generate stronger spirit despite being smaller
statures. Usually, those with smaller statures usually rely more
on focus and concentration to fight those with stronger spirit,
whereas those with larger statures may focus more on raw spirit
power. Of course, this is before taking into account the spirit
user's race, which some races may have stronger spirits than
others.
- Most energy counters other energy... Most of the time:
Typically, spirit energy is counter-able like other energies,
with other energies like chi and mana being able to counter like
one would expect. There are many energies out there, and many
energy types can counter spirit energy. While spirit users are
able to counter energy users more easily, such as countering
things like mana and chi more easily, strong enough energies can
still overpower a spirit user's energy. However, with those
energies, it does take more to overpower a spirit user than it
normally would thanks to a spirit user's resistance to energy.
Normally, it takes other energies that are not spiritual in
nature much more to counter spirit energy. There is another way
counter spirit energy, and that is with other spirit energies.
Spirit energy is more easily able to counter other spirit
energy, as spirit energy is meant to interact and intersect on a
spiritual plane. This leads to spirit energy of other creatures
usually being great at countering spirit energy of spirit users,
and the only requirement is that the spirit energy has to be as
strong or stronger than the spirit user's energy. However, it
doesn't have to be energy that can counter spirit power, or it
doesn't have to be other spirit power that counters spirit
energy, but those with enough raw physical power can actually
overpower the energy of spirit users. There have been stronger
spirit users that have immense raw physical power that have
overpowered energy attacks, with one of the more known examples
being Toguro, the human turned demon who is known for his raw
strength that has allowed him to overpower extremely strong
spirit power without needing his own spirit energy. In this
manner, raw strength can overcome spirit energy if the person
with enough strength can overpower the energy, as well as the
effects of the energy (which is different depending on the race
and the spirit energy used). And as one might imagine, aura
breaker items and weapons are also able to dispel spirit energy
like any other energy, with the only exception being any
spiritual techniques that might solidify their spirit energy
into solid form (which there are rare unique skills that can do
that, but this must be stated by players). Aura breaker weapons
and abilities are a great way to take on any energy user, and
this includes spirit users.
- Why me?: Due to many spirit users having enhanced spirits,
spirit users have a number of creatures that end up attracted to
them as a result of their enhanced spirits. Among physical
beings that hunt them down are soul eaters, who may seek out
spirit users for their enhanced and more powerful spirit to
grant them more power. Soul eaters are a very common threat, as
there are some that specifically hunt down spirit users.
However, the most common threat to a spirit user are dark
spirits and hollows, as well as other evil spirits from the
spirit plane. When a spirit user gains the ability to see the
spirit plane, it is like opening a door to that plane. While the
spirit user can see the spirit plane and interact with it, other
spirits can also interact with the user. Because of this,
training often leads to spirit users being attacked by dark
spirits and hollows, enough that spirit users have to learn
specifically how to fight them. For dark spirits, spirit users
don't need spirit purification to destroy a dark spirit thanks
to their ability to attack on the spiritual plane, but that
doesn't mean that dark spirits can't also counter spirit users
in return. Dark spirits have plenty of their own abilities as
dark spirits that can counter spirit users, and dark spirits are
a major enemy that spirit users contend with. For hollows,
hollows will devour any souls they get a hold of, but many will
often go after stronger souls because stronger souls are usually
more satisfying when it comes to their hunger for souls. Spirit
users can also attack hollows on a spiritual level, but they
cannot purify hollows after beating them, nor can they
completely destroy hollows on their own unless they have a power
that lets them do so (such as soul reapers or death wraiths have
ways to purify souls after beating hollows). For the most part,
these particular dangers are the biggest dangers of being a
spirit user besides enemies they make during the course of their
life. As it has been put: Once you see the spirit plane, the
spirit plane sees you. Spirit users have to remember this, as
this will shape their lives as they learn to use their spirit
energy.
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