Chess Mimicry

Chess Mimicry
Check Mate (Ultimate Muscle)
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of chess pieces

The power to use the abilities of archetypal chess pieces.

Also Called

• Chess Piece Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into at least one 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.

Different variations of chess, and especially variant chess pieces may grant user other abilities.

Chess Pieces

King:

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

Conceptual:

• Ambition Manipulation
  • Force Armor Generation
  • Submission
• Law Manipulation
• 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 Concentration
    • Energy Wave Emission
  • Mystic Derivation
    • Power Bestowal
• 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
  • Magic 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:

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

Rook:

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

Conceptual:

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

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

Limitations

• Might need to mimic the rules of chess; meaning they can be defeated by winning a game of chess against them.
  • Might need to mimic the limited movement of their chess pieces.

Known Users

See Also: Chess Motifs.

Literature

• Several Characters (Through the Looking-Glass)
• Carapricians (Homestuck)

Manga/Anime

• Peerage members (Highschool DxD)
• Check Mate (Ultimate Muscle)
• Totto Land's Chess Soldiers (One Piece)

TCG

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

Video Games

• Damned Chessman (Devil May Cry 3)
• Black and White PawnChessmon and their evolutions (Digimon)
• Kingman.EXE (MegaMan Battle Network 3)
• Chess (Valkyrie Crusade)

Gallery

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

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Chess (Valkyrie Crusade)