Fire magic specialties

by **Brianna Silverweb** Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:31 am

Below are the descriptions of what each specialty has the possibility of doing. The character may or may not be able to do all of what is listed depending on their adeptness with magic. Please be aware that not everything possible may be listed. If you wish to use or do something listed or unlisted, keep in mind the balance of magic.

~Pyromancer~

A witch with the specialization of pyromancy can create, shape and manipulate fire, the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products, flame being the visible portion of the fire. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity will be different. To an extent, the pyromancer is able to manipulate fire into their lungs, allowing them to shape the exhaled flames. These shapes can include bursts of fire, streams of fire, spheres made of fire, etc. from the mouth.

They can release waves, spirals, rings, pulse, blasts, balls, and bursts of fire and use them to damage, push, bind and/or paralyze people. They are able to send fire through any form of matter creating ruptures, and create a pulse fire that can go through anything, and depending on what the user want it can either be harmful or harmless. They are immune to fire/heat, being completely invulnerable to direct and indirect effects.

Generating fire is a fairly basic and common ability among pyromancers. They have the ability to increase the amounts of fire or powers related to fire. This also flips to the opposite side of the spectrum; they also have the ability to negate fire. The creation of fire can also be used to bind, imprison and/or otherwise stop an object/being by surrounding them completely with fire.

A learned pyromancer can transform their body completely into fire. Their transformed form can be either anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of fire, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately they can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

They may also be able to absorb fire, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc. temporarily. The next step up would be the ability to form armor around their body or a shape it from fire for protection and physical boost. They can create shields of varying shapes and sizes out of the fire. With training, they could shape the armor into new forms for weapons, transportation, even constructs of the element. Pyros can surround themselves in fire, burning anything that they touch. They could achieve flight by lifting themselves by the fire surrounding them, or by propelling themselves.

Witches under this specialty can project fire in a way that allows them to cut through matter from a distance. The cutting power can be due to the intensity of the flames heat. Although this attack does usually slashing damage, some are able to focus it into single piercing stab like immaterial bullet. They may also be able to release massive amounts of fire in every direction at. This ability allows them to dispatch many foes at once and destroy large area like villages. If inside a building or in a closed off area it could potentially have similar effects as a flash over.

~Heart~

(Passion, Emotions, Desires)

An Empath can create, shape and manipulate the energy that is created/generated by the emotions of every all living things in existence by capable of feeling them. They are able to increase, decrease or change it, manifest the emotional energy to physical level, etc. Changing emotional energy into tools, objects, weapons and other items is well within a skill practitioner’s tool kit. They have the ability to create semi-living constructs and/or create structures of varying permanence. A master of heart and thus emotions can use them for almost any situation, creating anything they need. Each emotion has certain advantages and disadvantages compared to each other, choosing carefully which they use is important.

The witches are the personification of all desire and fulfillment. They have power over craving of the unattainable, the force of physical appetite or emotional need, strong envious desire. In contrast they are also lords/ladies over satisfaction, extending to the attainment of one's desire or personal aspirations and fulfillment's. They can sense and manipulate the desires of themselves, people, animals and other creatures, whether by increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise channeling desire, even manifesting the emotional energy to physical level. These desires can include Love, attraction, adoration, addictions, hopes and plans for the future or even for basic necessities.

They can fully interpret and replicate the emotions, moods, and temperaments of others without reading apparent symptoms, allowing them to understand introverts or discover one emotion is actually hiding another. They can attack someone in a personal and emotional way since they know exactly what emotion is flowing through them and can use this knowledge to play against them. Some may learn to read emotional imprints left into environments or objects. Usually over time, an Empath's power grows to the point that they can manipulate emotions on others, and possibly use them to empower themselves. With practice, they may learn to extend their power over/on vast number of sentient beings or reach extreme distances, even other levels of existence but this may be possible only if they have emotional link to those they search already in effect.

An Empath can possess a supernatural social magnetism, drawing people to them and overwriting their desires and emotions, inspiring an overwhelming urge to serve and a fanatical devotion to the point they would do absolutely anything to please them. Subjects aren't turned into mindless drones, remaining essentially the same except for their new-found loyalty, which makes them very difficult to distinguish from normal people. They no longer feel any fear of anything except failing the person they see as their master, and though they do feel pain it is little more than a mild annoyance to them. They consider dying for their master the utmost privilege and look forward to it, though they are determined to be as useful to him/her as they possibly can until the day comes.

Another moderate ability is inducing desires into others, to the point where they cannot get enough of it. This power can bring out the deepest desire of someone (whether it is company, love or just food) or even induce new desires they never had before. They can also amplify the desires in others, increasing the targets needs/obsessions/desires up to point where victim won't stop at anything to try to get whatever they desire for, even being willing to hurt themselves to get it.

They can fully or partially absorb emotions, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc. temporarily. Targets of the draining often lose motivation due to the sudden loss of intense emotions. The heart witches generate an aura of emotional energy that can amplify/ induce emotions on any living thing inside their aura, gaining power from the emotions at times.

An Empath has the ability to suppress or negate emotions, allowing them to cause others to ignore emotional distractions and/or feelings from affecting their thinking-processes. They can also make others uncaring, detached, indifferent and even catatonic. A much more advanced practitioner can receive and send emotionally glimpses of memories, or mental imagery associated with certain emotional states current or past. Places that hold an emotional charge from major events, even when no one is around, can sometimes be read by Empaths. They are able to tap into those emotional imprints and re-experience those residual emotions and images as if they were happening in that moment (less practiced users that enter these places may be over powered involuntarily). Often times some see residual phantoms when using their power.

~Light~

Witches that have a natural way with light in its many aspects can create, shape and manipulate visible light, commonly referred to simply as light, is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight. Generating light of various intensities and varying duration of time is also one of their abilities. Light specialists can manipulate photons to solidify the light, with the level of solidity going from loose jello to metal-like hardness or beyond. They can surround themselves in light energy to cause a blinding effect to everyone that sees them or any light related effect. They may also form armor around their body or shape it from light for protection and physical boost. With training, they could shape the armor into new forms for weapons, transportation, even constructs of the element.

The witch of this specialty can breathe light from within themselves in any way, shape or form. The size of the light, the destructive force, the concentrated focus of the light, the distance the light can go, etc., are determined by the sacrifice given.

A more basic trick is that the witch can render themselves unseen by the naked eye and become invisible. They can move about an environment unseen by others and act without being observed. Some more practiced individuals can choose to let certain people see them, while staying invisible to others. A few steps up from this and the witch can transform their body completely into light. The transformed form can be either anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of light, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately they can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

~Heat~

Heat specialists can generate heat energy for a variety of purposes. User can create, shape and manipulate heat by increasing the kinetic energy of atoms and thus making things hotter, ranging from subjective feeling of heat to Absolute hot. They can also surround themselves in heat becoming hot to the touch. They can burn anything that they touch. They would be an extreme danger to others. They could achieve flight by lifting themselves by the heat surrounding them, or by propelling themselves. They are able to manipulate the heat in their lungs in a way that allows them to shape the exhaling of heat. These shapes can include bursts, streams, spheres, etc, they can burn, melt, boil, scorch or incinerate anything that their breath reaches. Transferring heat-energy from one source to another is a common and basic ability.

The witch can absorb heat, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc. temporarily. They have the possibility of becoming stronger, faster, more durable, etc. when they come into contact with heat, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing their existing powers. Some may be able draw sustenance from the heat or even slow or stop aging.

~Pyrotechnics~

The pyrotechnics specialist can create, shape and manipulate sparks, whether a small particle of a burning substance thrown out by a body in combustion, a hot glowing particle struck from a larger mass heated by friction, a luminous disruptive electrical discharge or even all of them combined. This also branches over into being able to create, shape and manipulate ammunition, broadly anything that can be used in combat including bombs, missiles, warheads, landmines, naval mines, and anti-personnel mines. They can also generate/create effects similar to multicolored fireworks/pyrotechnic displays via various ways. The user can create/generate, shape and manipulate fireworks and explosive pyrotechnics of various substances, from traditional chemical explosives to energy bombs. The witch can project beams of pyrotechnic energy/fireworks that can destroy soft metals, leather and flesh.

The pyrotechnic can manipulate and launch bombs, explosives and other volatile constructs that have various yields, ranging from small explosions to near-nuclear blasts. These bombs may be composed of energy, element, biological matter, or simply normal bombs. Under this specialty it is common to also find a practitioner that can create/generate, shape and manipulate explosions without the fancy aspects that fireworks, or mention put forth.