The ability to treat the condition/state of oneself or others as if they were different. Sub-power of Condition Manipulation. Technique of Status Manipulation.
Also Called[]
- "As If" Condition/State
- "Like" Condition/State
- Scratch Syndrome (Scratch Manhwa)
Capabilities[]
The user is able to treat their own, or another's condition/state, from physical to spiritual, from mental to conceptual, as if/like it were different without actually altering it.
For example:
- The user could attack an opponent, and have their attacks inflict damage as if the user is physically more powerful than they actually are.
- The user could cast a spell, and have it deal damage as if the opponents magical resistance is weaker than it actually is.
- The user can move as if they were faster than they actually are.
Applications[]
Acting in an "effective/treated as if" capacity:
- Aspect Manipulation
- Attack Manipulation
- Attribute Manipulation
- Capability Suppression
- Certainty Manipulation
- Condition Manipulation
- Critical Impact
- Damage Manipulation
- Defense Manipulation
- Downgrading
- Durability Bypassing
- Effect Stacking
- Empowered State
- Enhancement/Impairment Calling
- Fictional Mimicry
- Function Impairment
- Function Scramble
- Functionality Bestowal
- Infinity Bypassing
- Invulnerability/Invulnerability Bestowal/Bypassing/Negation
- Magic Resistance/Immunity
- Mental Shield Penetration
- Mortalization
- Motion Paradox
- Omni-Augmentation
- One Hit Kill/Double Hit Kill
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition
- Potential Enhancement
- Power Augmentation/Reduction
- Psychic Resistance/Immunity
- Relative Appearance Alteration
- Relative Strength Perception
- Status Effect Inducement
- Status Replication
- Superhumanization
- Transhumanization
- Variable Manipulation
- Vulnerability Inducement
- Weakened Form
- Weakness Inducement/Removal
- Quality Manipulation
- Upgrading
Associations[]
- Belief Dependent Capability
- Condition Manipulation
- Efficacy Manipulation
- Illusion Manipulation
- Imaginative Condition
- Memory Condition
- Property Manipulation
- Status Manipulation
Limitations[]
- May be limited to certain parts of condition/state.
- User is not actually altering things, so "changes" are not permanent.
- May require focus and stamina to maintain the effect.
Known Users[]
- Iyo (Big Order)
- Users of Resealing (The Cosmere)
- Eitr (Fire Emblem Heroes); via Beast Sense 4
- Freyja (Fire Emblem Heroes); via Binding Necklace+
- Legendary Alm (Fire Emblem Heroes); via Lunar Flash II
- Ótr (Fire Emblem Heroes); via Brutal Shell
- Users of Aether/Radiant Aether/Other Aether Specials (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Black Luna/Luna/Other Luna Specials (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Close Call 4 (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Lethality (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Lunar Flash (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Moonbow/New Moon (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Phantom Res (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Phantom Speed (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Repel 4 (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Users of Spurn 4 (Fire Emblem Heroes)
- Orks (Warhammer 40k); via Waaagh! Psychic Field