Soul Absorption


 * For a gallery of examples for Soul Absorption, see here.

The power to absorb the souls and utilize them in some way. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Absorption.

Also Called

 * Soul Collection/Consumption/Harvesting/Stealing/Theft

Capabilities
User can absorb souls, while removing them from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc., either temporarily or permanently.

Common advantages include adding the target's skills and abilities to users, or using the absorbed souls to augment user's own powers.

Applications

 * Absorbing Regeneration
 * Assimilation Shield
 * Energy Empowerment
 * Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition
 * Knowledge Absorption
 * Life-Force Absorption
 * Power Absorption
 * Psychometry
 * Soul Empowerment
 * Soul Energy Absorption
 * Soul Removal
 * Obtain access to items hidden in soul, like Soul-Bound Weapon.

Associations

 * Afterlife Prevention
 * Death Inducement
 * Absorption
 * Death Empowerment
 * Reincarnation Denial
 * Shapeshifting to the absorbed souls former shape.
 * Soul Manipulation
 * Soul Mutilation

Limitations

 * May be limited to how much one can absorb.
 * May have a limit for how many souls one can contain.
 * May have limited range, including touch only.
 * May have to continually absorb souls to survive.
 * Users of Soullessness are immune.
 * May only be able to absorb certain kinds of souls, such as those belonging to supernatural beings.

Known Objects

 * Cubile Animus (My Babysitter's a Vampire)
 * Dragon Blade (Charmed)
 * Mournblade and Stormbringer (The Elric Saga)
 * Soul Edge (Soul Calibur)
 * The Collector (Tracker)
 * Orb of Baast (Yu Yu Hakusho)
 * Agape Ring (Dark Souls II)