Layer Reinforcement

The ability to make any layer/surface much harder without losing any mobility. Opposite to Fortitude Weakening.

Also Called

• Hardening

Capabilities

User can make any layer/surface much harder without losing any mobility through whatever means, either as a whole or only partially.

Applications

• Corporealization: Make immaterial aspects that are normally substanceless more than solid.
• Deflection: Refining defensive properties to rebound or reflect for various purposes. 
• Dermal Armor
• Fortitude Strengthening
• Internal Reinforcement
• Skin Hardening
• Solidification
• Continually harden an object without increasing its mass.
• Reinforcing blunt force weapons.
• Hardening air to walk on or creating a barrier.
• Increase the damage of a strike without losing any momentum.
• Alter the sharpness of certain objects (i.e. cardboard or paper) by hardening/compacting molecular lattices.

Variations

• Reinforcement Magic

Associations

• Effect Stacking
• Layer Manipulation
• Property Manipulation
• Protection
• Quality Enhancement
• Stabilization

Limitations

• Hardened objects may allow light and other particles to pass through.
• May be limited to certain objects or materials.
• May require constant contact with the object or the effect disappears.
• Layer Removal.

Known Users

Known Objects

• X-Ionizer (DC Comics)
• Maw Installation (Star Wars)

Gallery

Hellas (Aldnoah.Zero) can harden it fists down to molecular level, making them impervious to physical damage.

Dioscuria (Aldnoah.Zero) molecular armor fists

The X-Ionizer (DC Comics) reinforces matter via tight positive/negative ionic alignment. Strengthening it and creating monofilament edges.

Yuzun (Dragon Ball Super) infusing a building with his Ki to harden it.

Poison Ivy (Batman: Arkham Knight/DC Comics) can reinforce tree bark to the extent that it becomes harder than steel.

A member of the Parasite Unit/Skulls (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) reinforces his skin into thick armor.

Yomiko Readman (Read or Die) reinforces paper to the point where it can block bullets.

Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night)

Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night) can reinforce anything with Reinforcement magic, in this case, a rolled-up poster.

Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece) reinforcing his mochi made Zan Giri Mochi with Busoshoku/Armament Haki .

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) reinforcing his Gum Gum/Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun with Busoshoku/Armament Haki .

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