Chess Mimicry

Chess Mimicry
Check Mate (Ultimate Muscle)
Power/Ability to:	mimic the archetypical chess pieces

The power to possess the traits and powers of archetypal chess pieces.

Also Called

• Chess Piece Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

The user can mimic, is or has the ability to take on the form of the sixteen pieces of the Chess. Each piece has certain abilities that are drawn directly from their abilities in the game and some that are conceptually connected to them.

Chess Pieces

King:

• Army Manipulation
• Prime Being
  • Subordination Manipulation
    • Loyalty Based Power Replication

Conceptual:

• Ambition Manipulation
  • Force Armor Generation
  • Submission
• Law Manipulation
• Omniarch
  • Logic Manipulation
• Personal Domain
• Population Control
• Supreme Voice

Queen:

• Enhanced Condition
  • Enhanced Speed
• One-Man Army
  • Combat Adaption
  • Visual Nullification

Conceptual:

• Extra-dimensional Energy Generation
  • Dimensional Distortion
    • Alternate Matter Materialization
    • Subspace Travel
  • Energy Amplification
    • Energy Wave Emission
    • Energy Concentration
  • Mystic Derivation
    • Power Bestowal
    • Stigma
• Life Mastery
  • Mind Link
  • Resurrection
• Supernatural Beauty
  • Enchanted Allure
  • Persuasion

Bishop:

• Divine Power or Demonic Power
  • Divine Magic or Demonic Magic
  • Spell Creation
• Divine Weaponry or Demonic Weaponry
  • Mystic Object
  • Potion Creation
• Enhanced Speed

Conceptual:

• Energy Circle Combat
  • Conjuration
  • Symbol Magic
• Power Augmentation
  • Magical Empowerment
  • Support Enhancements
• Magic Books
  • Magical Energy Manipulation
  • Spell Casting

Knight:

• Chivalry
  • Combat Perception
  • Enhanced Charisma
  • Tranquil State
• Flash Step
• Taming
  • Bond Empowerment
  • Hyper Connection
• Weapon Proficiency
  • Enhanced Swordsmanship
  • Multi-Weapon Wielding
  • Weapon Improvisation

Conceptual:

• Authority second to the king and queens.
• Animal Empathy
• Penetration & Protection
  • Barrier Generation
  • Ductility Manipulation
  • Shield Penetration

Rook:

• Fortress Physiology
  • Enhanced Surveillance
  • Fortification Creation
  • Shield Construction
  • Transformation
  • Hidden Arsenal
• Invulnerability

Conceptual:

• Enhanced Crafting
  • Automaton Creation
  • Enchanted Armor
  • Weapon Creation
  • Weapon Upgrade
  • Weapon Transmutation
• Mechanical Intuition
  • Vehicle Manipulation
    • Vehicle Spawning
  • Mecha Creation
    • Mecha Physiology

Pawn:

• Enhanced Combat
• Mode Switching
• Replication
  • Duplication Absorption
  • Inorganic Duplication
  • Shifting
• Sacrificial Creation
  • Decoy Creation
  • Substitution Creation

Conceptual:

• Mech Piloting Intuition
• Trapping Combat
• Vehicle Intuition

Variations

If the user is/becomes a chess-piece, they gain:

• Defunct Physiology
• Metal Mimicry, Plastic Mimicry, Rock Mimicry or Wood Mimicry depending on the material they are made of.

Associations

• Chess Empowerment
• Game Interaction
• Inanimate Object Physiology
• Intuitive Aptitude

Known Users

See Also: Chess Motifs

Literature

• Several Characters (Through the Looking-Glass)

Manga/Anime

• Check Mate (Ultimate Muscle)
• Peraege members (Highschool DxD)
• Black and White PawnChessmon and their evolutions (Digimon)

Video Games

• Damned Chessman (Devil May Cry 3)
• Kingman.EXE (MegaMan Battle Network 3)

TCG

• "Archfiend" Archetype (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

"Archfiend" Archetype (Yu-Gi-Oh!)