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Character Abilities Tally

Guess who gets to steal another post from Erin?

(Hint: It's me)

In an effort to keep things a little more organized for plottishness and so on, we're going to ask a quick favor of you all.

Could you please reply to each appropriate comment below, and let us know what kind of powers/abilities/etc your character possesses? This is for all characters - students/alumni, teachers and townies - and covers everything including especially good researching/support skills, magic, skill with weaponry, mutations and so on. This is mandatory for all characters, and we would appreciate it ASAP though there is no specific deadline.

Anything that is a canon power or ability of your character and could be used in a plot in some way, please list below in the correct thread. Temporary powers for specific plots do not need to be noted now.

Please be as thorough as possible, as this will help everyone out with plots and knowing who can fill what roles.

Thank you so much in advance for taking the time to do this!

~~**Wait for the OCD omg or I will take you up on a roof and Chuck Bass you.**~~ OCD up and nobody is getting molested. Huzzah!

1 In this instance, "canon" does refer to FH canon as well. If your character at this time has honed their fighting skills or anything like that, please do make sure to note that. For guidelines on characters picking up abilities, please see this post.

2 For those of you who had characters around the last couple years and just want to C&P what you put in the post then, here are some shiny links for you.

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Those who have exceptional abilities due to their DNA being all messed up!

Please reply with a detailed explanation of what abilities your character is possesses, and their skill level/s.

Cal doesn't exactly gain any exceptional abilities (except for the occasional bout of hormones), but he does have a messed up DNA mutation that gives him both boy bits and girl bits and I could not resist putting him in this category because of it. Because I'm mean.

John's DNA is Ancient, people. He has the strongest recorded Ancient Technology Activation gene. Which only means something if there's powered Ancient Tech round for him to turn on. Dirty.

Dinah is a touch-telepath, with some variations. She can read someone's mind if she touches their skin. Most of the time this is confined to surface thoughts or easy info (like knowing your favorite band, after she's asked you what it is while holding your hand), but she has done a version of a conscious 'dream-walk' for people in shock from trauma (mental or physical) or in induced trances or dreams. She can bring other people into a dreamscape too, but again, touch is necessary.

She's also had clairvoyant dreams about people emotionally close to her who are in pain or in trouble. The dreams have not predicted events so much as paralleled them, probably as an extension of her telepathy and concern about people she loves or knows well.

Dinah is a beginning telekinetic. She is not reliable at it; her aim is terrible, but she's begun training with boomerangs and darts, in order to aim projectiles where she wants them to go. She's also slammed two attackers larger than she into a wall during a fight. Her stamina is not great and she still needs a lot of practice. She'll get better over time, but it's going to take a while.

Dinah's final omitted ability, (since it's never been seen and only been speculated about in canon) is the sonic 'canary cry' - hugely destructive to property, ear-drums and consciousness. Barbara Gordon thought it likely that Dinah might have inherited this, but since Dinah didn't ever get to use it in canon, she won't be using it at FH *unless* a plot where its emergence or use would be called for, and then it would be at the discretion of the mods.

Okay, here's the thing. I watch this show every time it comes on. I whine and I keysmash, but I still sit there. And you know what? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CHLOE'S POWERS ARE NOW BECAUSE SHE HAS BRAINIAC IN HER AND HE DID SOMETHING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT AND I HATE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD.

So she still has super empathy as far as FH canon goes BECAUSE SOMEHOW THAT'S THE BETTER OPTION.

Healing factor via Mutant DNA being injected in him like he was a Thanksgiving turkey and Wolverine was a baster.

...eeew.

Johnny's primary power is the ability to envelop his entire body in fire without harm to himself, in which form he is able to fly and to generate powerful streams and/or balls of fire. He can also manipulate his flame into any shape. Even when not engulfed in flame himself, he has the ability to control any fire within his immediate range of vision, causing it to increase or decrease in intensity or to move in a pattern directed by his thoughts. He is also able to absorb fire into his body with no detrimental effects.

He is able to fly in excess of the speed of sound. The plasma field immediately surrounding his body is sufficiently hot to vaporize projectiles that approach him, including but not limited to bullets. He does not generally extend this flame beyond a few inches from his skin, so as not to ignite objects (or persons) in proximity to him. Johnny refers to his maximum flame output as his "Nova Flame," which is released omni-directionally and can reach 1,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. He can also direct beams of "Nova Heat" as an offensive weapon for very brief periods of time before his energy reserves give out. Johnny has a high degree of control over his powers. He can hold a person while in his flame form without the person feeling the slightest bit of heat.

Z can create copies of herself, called 'replicates.' By me, because canon doesn't call them anything and that's a pain. Canon is kind of fuzzy on how exactly this works, so I've kind of had to make up my own rules. Replicates can be either solid or insubstantial holograms--the second kind are easier to maintain--and are not quite autonomous, in that there is a sort of mental link back to the original Z. She cannot control them through this link, although they all think like her and won't rebel or anything anyway, but if she gets a certain physical distance from her replicate or falls asleep or unconscious, the link is severed and the replicate disappears. When Z reabsorbs a replicate she also gains all its knowledge and memories. When she creates or absorbs a replicate her eyes briefly glow yellow.

Jean-Paul can move at ridiculously high speeds (well above the speed of sound), fly, and create a burst of superbright light from his body. He also has equilibrium, balance, and agility well above human norms, to enable him to move and react at such high speeds, in addition to incredibly tough skin (because windburn at Mach 10 would be a bitch). He also has a revved-up metabolism because of the whole superspeed thing, which can be a weakness as he needs to eat kind of a lot on a regular basis, and certain substances like caffeine or too much sugar can mess him up.

Also, Jean-Paul can fly faster than his twin sister, Jeanne-Marie, but she can fly farther, meaning JP doesn't have much stamina. *has a dirty mind*

Peter can copy the abilities of those who have abilities. I try to keep his wiki page updated with what he has.

Nathan has the ability to fly fast enough to break the sound barrier. He can also do this while sustaining no damage from the cold or the wind because OH MY GOD LOOK OVER THERE A FUZZY TIGER!

He's also flown from NYC to DC, as well as to Texas while carrying a passenger, who likewise didn't sustain damage. We do not ask ourselves how this is possible, we just remain grateful for the times Pasdar does this while shirtless.

He can also do this while sustaining no damage from the cold or the wind because OH MY GOD LOOK OVER THERE A FUZZY TIGER!

I would like to second this remark.

Gotta love canon, huh?

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, Peter gained the proportionate strength, speed, and agility of a spider. In practical terms, he can move/run/dodge very quickly, jump very high, and bench nearly 8 tons (he's been working out, so his strength limit has moved up a bit) if he really pushed himself. Additionally, he can cling to most surfaces, allowing him to climb and hang from walls and ceilings. And he has a sixth sense that alerts him to danger. The closer and more dangerous it is, the stronger a tingle in the back on his head is.

Warren's special abilities are embedded in his DNA, so sure, we'll call them mutations. He got them from mommy and daddy, after all.

Warren is a tough cookie. He can take a beating that would kill most people, and he can laugh it off. Sky High doesn't show where the exact limit to this ability is, but for a point of reference, he does fly backwards through a wall, smash through a pillar of solid concrete, and then pull himself up and stalk back into the cafeteria to continue fighting the kid that threw him there. So it's safe to say that he probably isn't bulletproof, but he's stupidly resilient.

And, the power that's far more obvious- Warren can light himself on fire. He can control how much of his body burns, how hot it burns, and he can shut the fire off just as easily. He can throw fireballs with his hands (the science of which makes my head hurt, so we just kind of go with it), though he often gets careless with them, which may result in things lighting on fire that weren't supposed to. His flames don't let him fly or anything of the sort, but they do come in handy when there are candles that need to be lit or stupid kids who need to be beaten up.

An important point to keep in mind with Warren's flames, however- they'll only burn so long as there's air around him. Trap him in a vacuum, and you end up with a snuffed-out Warren, and then a dead Warren, as the poor boy still needs to breathe, dangit.

The people from the future that messed with Shawn's DNA went and have him the healing hands. He can heal pretty much aaaaanything (aside from dead things, ~~well, except that one time shhh~~). He can also drain the life from people.

Ben has the cloned DNA of Spider-Man, whose own DNA had been messed up by a radioactive spider.

Ben has the proportionate strength, speed, and agility of a spider. In practical terms, he can move/run/dodge very quickly, jump very high, and bench 10 tons if he really pushed himself. Additionally, he can cling to most surfaces, allowing him to climb and hang from walls and ceilings. And he has a sixth sense that alerts him to danger. The closer and more dangerous it is, the stronger a tingle in the back on his head is.

Momoko has increased strength and dexterity, more than her age and body type would suggest but not excessive. She can survive outer-space and re-entry into the atmosphere with no spacesuit. She can somewhat see auras (see 'psychics' thread), and has a yo-yo as a weapon (see 'weapons' thread). She also has a transformation sequence that turns her into Blossom and provides her with a change of clothing that allows her to fly - it's in the shoes, apparently.

Cable is a mutant telepath/telekinetic. His abilities canonically fluctuate like woah, and in Fandom are currently at respectable-if-not-amazing status. He can't use his telekinesis much without aggravating the cells of his left arm, and so he won't unless he has to. The telepathy is an active force, so he can use it when he wishes (such as to psi-scan a room to watch for intruders) but usually leaves it off.

John's got a neural chip implanted in his brain courtesy of Scorpius. This has produced a neural clone or John's own personal Harvey.

This one's kind of weird but due to the neural chip implanted into his brain, he's also gotten to be incredibly resilient and stubborn against attacks due to the constant barrage the neural chip's neural clone threw at him.

Conner has the power of super speed, which extends to him being able to read everything around him (when the power's active) in super-slow motion and thus react very quickly. He's also been able to use this power to accelerate and control extremely long falls so he can land as if he just hopped down a couple of feet.

I couldn't give you an exact measurement of how fast his speed can go, but he can run up six or seven flights of stairs in about two seconds.

Yay vague canon.

Jamie can use kinetic energy to create exact duplicates of himself. If he is holding anything on him at the time he duplicates that object will also duplicated. He can also absorb a duplicate and retain any of the memories of that dupe since he was created.

As a result Jamie has a lot of different skills from various dupes that he sent out to be trained by specialists.

John may show up on some sort of futurey time travelly scan thing in that his dad was sent back in time (by him) to protect his mother (and ensure some sort of grandfather paradox). Has that weird leg thing from the Graduation where if he is exposed to alien DNA in that hole in his shin he can take on attributes for a limited time.

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