Rodent Swarming

The power to separate and disperse into a swarm of rodents. Technique of Rodent Physiology. Variation of Animal Swarming.

Also Called[]

Rat Swarming/Swarm Form
Rodent/Rodentia Swarm Form

Capabilities[]

The user can disperse their body into a swarm of rodents such as rats, scattering into large area while retaining control over their fragments instead of staying in relatively cohesive form and reforming from any part.

Applications[]

Hive Mind
Reforming
Spying/scouting large areas at once.
Defensive dispersing making the user very hard to hurt and especially capture/kill since finding all of the fragments is practically impossible using normal methods.

Techniques[]

Flash Step: By transforming into rats and back while moving around the battlefield.

Associations[]

Aim Dodging
Animal Swarming
Disassembly
Rodent Manipulation
Rodent Physiology
Safe Mode
Scattering
Vampire Physiology: A common power of vampires.

Limitations[]

There's a limit for how far the scattered parts can be from any other part.
May need most of the scattered pieces together to be able to reform.
- Missing parts may cause the user to be in a diminished/wounded state or partially complete.
Amount of scattered pieces may be limited by the user's body size.
May require enhanced coordination to control all the fragments.
The user might be injured if the scattered pieces are when transforming back together.
May be vulnerable to gas or other attacks that affect a wide area while in swarm form.
May be limited to certain types of rats.
Weak against Animal Manipulation/Rodent Manipulation.

Known Users[]

See also: One to Million to One.

Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2); via Plague of Rats
Vera Moray/Granny Rags (Dishonored)
Paolo (Dishonored 2)
Gryllen (Mazalan Book of the Fallen)
Nosferatu (Pathfinder)
Ratkin Fera (World of Darkness)
Gangrel Kindred (World of Darkness/Vampire: The Masquerade); via Protean Discipline