Dermal Armor

The mutative power in which one develops armor-like skin. The ability is a sub-power Density Manipulation.

Also Called

 * Impenetrable Skin
 * Natural Armor
 * Armored Skin

Capability
The users skin, or "Derma" becomes resistant to attack harm or pain. May or may not be a permanent covering, altering the users physique or hiding just beneath the surface.

Methods

 * Elemental Mimicry: The skin may permanently be changed to a strong element (Stone, gem, or233px-ArmorGreed.jpg metal)
 * Bio-Manipulation: The user has a double sided skin and the ability to flip over each molecule individually.
 * Permanence: Users skin may naturally grow six or eight inches thick and be very hard (I.E. Hulk)

Limitations

 * Depending on how heavy armor users may sink in water
 * If one were to disrupt the process of "armoring up" the results would be user losing the ability to armor up for quite awhile.
 * Selective armoring is rare, in short it is an "all or none" principle, either fully armored or not at all.
 * Sacrifices speed for durability
 * Reverting back to original form or natural state is moderately difficult or irreversible.

Applications

 * Deflection bullets or weapons ricochet off skin
 * Hammer: Limbs become almost metallic and hammer like

Known Users

 * Sun Wukong (Journey To The West)
 * The Thing (Marvel)
 * The Abomination (Marvel)
 * Hulk (Marvel)
 * Hulkling (Marvel)
 * She-Hulk (Marvel)
 * Colossus (X-Men)
 * Emma Frost (X-Men)
 * Mystique (X-Men)
 * Robert Keep (Heroes)
 * Baron Samedi (Heroes)
 * Indra (Marvel)
 * Doomsday (DC comics)
 * Greed (Full Metal Alchemist)
 * Wario (Super Mario 64 DS)
 * Ling Yao (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood)- when Greed posseses him.
 * Ethan James (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
 * Alex Mercer (Prototype)
 * James Heller (Prototype 2)
 * NKVDemon (DC Comics)
 * Kakuzu (Naruto Shippuden) via his Earth Release Heart