The power to transform into or have a physical body made up of earth or other earthen substance. Variation of Elemental Mimicry, technique of Earth Manipulation.
Also Called
- Earth Physiology
- Earthen Mimicry/Physiology
- Terra/Geo Physiology
Capabilities
User is made up of or can transform their body completely into earth, including soil, stone, metal, clay or other earthen substance. Users transformed form can be either anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of earth, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately user can transform into homogenous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.
Exact physical abilities the user has depend on which variation they are using: sand, clay and soil are malleable and hard to truly harm; crystal, metal and stone are hard and grant powerful physical attacks but aren't particularly flexible.
Applications
- Dermal Armor
- Contaminant Immunity
- Disease Immunity
- Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Lung Capacity or Oxygen Independence
- Enhanced Strength
- Supernaturally Dense Tissue
- Thermal Resistance
Techniques
Variations
- Clay Mimicry
- Coal Mimicry
- Crystal Mimicry
- Magma Mimicry
- Metal Mimicry
- Mud Mimicry
- Salt Mimicry
- Sand Mimicry
- Stone Mimicry
Associations
- Amorphous Physiology
- Earth Manipulation
- Elemental Transmutation
- Geokinetic Creature Creation
- Geokinetic Regeneration
- Golem Creation - most golems have a variation of this power.
- Golem Physiology - most golems have a variation of this power.
- Scattering - some users are able spread their transformed form over wast areas.
- Terraportation
Limitations
- May slow the user.
- May be restricted to single variation.
- Not exactly Invulnerability since limb can be broken off.
Known Users
- Tessai (Ninja Scroll)
- John White/The Beast (inFamous 2)
- Bling! (Marvel Comics)
- Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Dust (Marvel Comics)
- Rockslide (Marvel Comics)
- Diamondhead (Marvel Comics)
- Rococo (Marvel Comics)
- Shatter (Marvel Comics)
- Korg (Marvel Comics)
- Quicksand (Marvel Comics)
- Terrax the Tamer (Marvel Comics)
- Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
- Grey Gargoyle (Marvel Comics)
- Onyxx (Marvel Comics)
- Sol (Fairy Tail)
- Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Crocodile (One Piece)
- Lythos, the "Rock Titan" (Hercules)
- Pyros, the "Lava Titan" (Hercules)
- Antaeus (Hercules: The Animated Series)
- Gargoyles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
- Gargoyle species (Gargoyles)
- Josiah Power (DC Comics)
- Bash (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)
- Rubble (Kameo: Elements of Power)
- Stonies (Banjo-Tooie)
- Kakuzu (Naruto)
- Spire (Metroid Prime Hunters)
- Spirit of Earth (Shaman King)
- Orc/Charles Merrimen (Gone)
- Little Larry (Sky High)
- Aht (Kamidori Alchemy Meister)
- Gakusanjin (InuYasha)
- Clayface (Batman)
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