- "What're ya buyin'?"
- ― Merchant (Resident Evil)
- "The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it."
- ― Oscar Wilde
- "Allow me to say this, Ri Boku. When it comes to doing business, I have never in my entire life budged a single inch from my offered price."
- ― Ryo Fui (Kingdom)
The ability to be a master of selling/trading, either innately or through training. Technique of Business Mastery. Variation of Intuitive Aptitude and Complete Mastery.
Also Called[]
- Adept/Expert/Gifted/Intuitive/Master/Professional/Skilled/Specialized/Talented Merchant/Salesperson/Trader
- Barter Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
- Buying-and-Selling Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
- Haggling Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
- Merchant Acumen/Intuition/Management/Mastery/Savvy/Sense
- Straw Millionaire
- Trading Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
Capabilities[]
The user, either innately or through training, is a master of selling/trading. They can perform feats such as locating any/all items for sale or trade regardless of how difficult (or impossible) it might be to find or sell and is always able to have the best or lowest price for said items and can convince others to buy them regardless of their level of value.
Using this ability, the user can become wealthy very quickly and easily, and perform feats such as always making trades that generate profits, making the right choice when it comes to trading and advancing said trade, and predicting the best time to make trades (buying/selling).
This is the ultimate trading mechanism, since the user will automatically trade with perfect skill, technique and timing. The users full and complete mastery in trading and anything related to trading makes the user the ultimate trader.
Applications[]
- Absolute Buying
- Convinced Inevitability
- Enhanced Charisma
- Information Brokering Mastery
- Locality Tracking
- Monetary Manipulation
- Negotiation Mastery
- Numerical Precision
- Persuasion
- Probability Computation
- Quality Sense
- Rarity Detection
- Rarity Manipulation
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Must still make their own trade.
- May require a degree of training or exposure.
- May take time to achieve such mastery.
Known Users[]
- Mercane (AD&D)
- Wes Weasely (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Akashi (Azur Lane)
- Shiranui (Azur Lane)
- Black Tortoise Promenade (Blue Archive)
- Akeshiro Rumi
- Sora (Blue Archive)
- Sanada Masato (Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!)
- Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass)
- Izaya Orihara (Durarara!)
- Protagonists (Fallout); via Charisma or Barter skill
- Anna family (Fire Emblem)
- Petyr Baelish/Littlefinger (Game of Thrones)
- Tywin Lannister (Game of Thrones)
- Kaito Nakamura (Heroes)
- Willie Loman 3000 (Jimmy Neutron)
- Akashi (Kantai Collection)
- Ryo Fui (Kingdom)
- Experiment "Slick" 020 (Lilo & Stitch)
- Eddie Gunman/The Swell (Marvel Comics)
- Maguro Kurokami (Medaka Box)
- Johan Liebert (Monster)
- Flim and Flam (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Merchants (Octopath Traveler series)
- Glukkons (Oddworld series)
- Tressa Colzione
- Partitio Yellowil
- The Duke (Resident Evil)
- Merchant (Resident Evil)
- Sophia (Persona 5 Strikers)
- Kraft Lawrence (Spice and Wolf)
- Lagh Piasky (Spice and Wolf)
- Ferengi (Star Trek)
- Daietsu-no-suke (Straw Millionaire)
- Niccolo (Sword of Mana)
- Epona (Tears to Tiara)
- Rinnosuke Morichika (Touhou Project)
- Merchant (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Rogue Traders (Warhammer 40,000)
- Ta'u Water Caste merchants (Warhammer 40,000)
Known Objects[]
- Swell's Stick (Marvel Comics)