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4''Tropes about powers and mystical abilities accessible to characters. Take a look at the article on [[FunctionalMagic Magic]] and consider what it is; some claim it's usually a kind of AppliedPhlebotinum.''
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10[[folder:'''Sub-categories and trope indexes''']]
11+ AntagonistAbilities: Magic and powers that are often used by villains for evil.
12+ BodySnatcher
13+ DisabilitySuperpower: A handicapped person has some special powers that make them more capable in certain areas than other people.
14+ ElementalPowers: The ability to control and manipulate a specific natural element.
15+ ElementalSpeed
16+ FlyingTropes: The ability to float and soar through the air.
17+ GlowingEyes: A character's eyes glow as a shorthand for power.
18+ {{Immortality}}: Various ways that immortal characters are able to cheat death.
19+ InvisibilityIndex: The power to become completely unseen to the naked eye.
20+ LiminalTime
21+ MetaPower: Powers that influence or impact other powers.
22+ MindControl: The power to mess with other people's free will, forcing them to obey you or behave in certain ways.
23+ TheNeedless: The ability to survive without needing certain things that normal beings are required to have to continue living (i.e., sleeping, eating, drinking, or breathing).
24+ PowerMakeover: Someone's appearance changes to show that they have become more powerful.
25+ PriceOfPowerIndex: Some forms of magic or powers come with a great personal cost for the user.
26+ PsychicIndex: Magic and powers that are directly controlled by one's mind or thoughts.
27+ RangedEnergyAttackTropes: The power to fire out bursts of energy like a ranged weapon in combat.
28+ RebirthAndReincarnationTropes
29+ ResurrectionTropes: The power to bring the dead back to life.
30+ SealedIndexInACan: Imprisoning another being through supernatural methods.
31+ {{Seers}}: These people have mystical powers to see into the future or contact the spiritual world.
32+ {{Shapeshifting}}: The (in)voluntary ability to change and transform one's body into something different.
33+ SpellConstruction
34+ StockSuperpowersIndex: A list of specific types of common magical and/or superhuman abilities.
35+ SummonedIndex: The power to call upon someone or something to appear and aid you.
36+ TeleportationTropes: The power to instantly appear in another location without actually physically moving towards it.
37+ ThisIndexHasMagicProperties: Enchanted objects and other things that are supernatural in nature.
38+ ThisIndexIsCursed: Malicious spells and magical things that will cause supernatural misfortune for anyone affected by it.
39+ ThisIndexWillLiveForever: The power of immortality, or the inability to experience (natural) death.
40+ TimeTravelTropes: The power to instantly go backwards into the past or forwards into the future.
41+ WishingTropes: When someone's personal desires become reality through magical methods.
42+ WitchesAndWizards: All kinds of characters who are able to use magic.
43[[/folder]]
44
45[[folder:Types of magic and powers]]
46* AdaptiveAbility: The power to adapt to harmful things once experienced.
47* AlchemyIsMagic: UsefulNotes/{{Alchemy}} is treated as a form of magic.
48* AllAccessibleMagic: Magic that is not innate and can be learned by anybody.
49* AnimateDead: Raising the dead.
50* {{Animorphism}}: Turning into animals.
51* AntiMagic: A power that negates other powers.
52* AntiTrueSight: A being who is immune to TrueSight.
53* ArmorPiercingAttack: An attack that armor can't protect you from.
54* ArtAttacker: Fighting with art.
55* ArtInitiatesLife: Art that comes to life.
56* TheAssimilator: Assimilating others into oneself.
57* AstralProjection: Your spirit being able to move while your body is unconscious.
58* AtomicSuperpower: Powers over nuclear radiation.
59* AuraVision: Seeing auras.
60* BanishingRitual: A ritual to banish a dangerous being.
61* BarrierWarrior: Fighting with barriers, not just for self-defense.
62* {{Biomanipulation}}: The power to manipulate living things.
63* BlackAndWhiteMagic: One who uses offensive magic and one who uses healing.
64* BlackMagic: Magic that is treated as evil.
65* {{Blessing}}: A supernatural gift bestowed by a supernatural being that is usually divine.
66* BloodMagic: Magic powered by blood.
67* BondCreatures: An animal is spiritually bonded with a human, which may give them extra power.
68* BornOfMagic: Magic used to create a living being.
69* CallOnMe: The power to appear when summoned by name.
70* ChainLightning: A form of [[ShockAndAwe lightning attack]] that jumps between multiple targets.
71* CombatClairvoyance: Predicting your enemy's attacks by reading the future.
72* CombinedEnergyAttack: An attack powered by the combined energy of multiple people.
73* ComboPlatterPowers: A counter-intuitive or random combination of superpowers.
74* CompactInfiltrator: A character with a power or trait that allows them to sneak through small holes and narrow passageways.
75* ContainmentField: A barrier that prevents something from leaving.
76* {{Curse}}: Supernatural misfortune placed upon a target, typically for breaking a boundary or taboo.
77* DetectEvil: The ability to detect the presence of evil.
78* DisabilityNegatingSuperpower: Superpowers that cancel out a character's physical disability.
79* DisciplinesOfMagic: Different forms of magic that do different things.
80* DispelMagic: Magic that removes other magic.
81* DomainHolder: Dictating the rules and logic of a location or universe.
82* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Seeing the future through dreams.
83* ElectronicTelepathy: Communicating telepathically through a BrainComputerInterface.
84* ElementalAbsorption: A person with ElementalPowers absorbs or redirects their element, instead of producing or attacking with it.
85* ElementalPunch: A punch attack charged with ElementalPowers.
86* EmotionBomb: MindControl that allows you to inflict emotions.
87* EmotionalPowers: Powers that are controlled or heavily influenced by the emotions of the user.
88* EmotionEater: A character feeds on emotions.
89* TheEmpath: Feeling the emotions of others.
90* EmpathicHealer: The ability to heal other people's wounds by taking it onto themselves.
91* EnergyAbsorption: Absorbing energy from others to use for yourself.
92* EnergyBall: A bolt of pure energy fired as an attack.
93* EnergyDonation: Giving energy to others for them to use.
94* EntropyAndChaosMagic: Magic based on probability and destruction, often being very dangerous.
95* FamilialBodySnatcher: A BodySnatcher who can only possess their own relatives.
96* FeelNoPain: A person doesn't feel pain.
97* {{Fireballs}}: Launching projectiles made of fire.
98* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Powers based around food.
99* ForcedSleep: Magically inducing sleep.
100* FullContactMagic: Magic cast using physical attacks.
101* FunctionalMagic: Magic that actually works.
102* FusionDance: Two or more people merge together into a single being.
103* {{Geas}}: A magical compulsion that must be fulfilled or the person will be doomed.
104* GeometricMagic: Channeling magic through drawing special symbols and shapes.
105* {{Glamour}}: Using magic to create a more attractive illusion.
106* HaremPowered: Receiving powers from your harem.
107* {{Hellfire}}: Fire powers with demonic connections.
108* HenshinHero: Gaining powers through a transformation.
109* HermeticMagic
110* HollywoodDreamtime: The Australian Aboriginal concept of the "Dreamtime", typically presented inaccurately.
111* HollywoodVoodoo: Voodoo is portrayed as a form of BlackMagic.
112* HolyHandGrenade: Weaponizing holy/light powers.
113* IdentityAbsorption: Absorbing someone's identity through fusion.
114* IKnowWhatYouFear: The ability that helps someone discover what people fear.
115* IKnowYourTrueName: True names have significance and can be utilized within magic.
116* ISeeDeadPeople: Seeing the dead.
117* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: Powers focused around utilizing the imagination.
118* ImmuneToMindControl: A character is unable to fall under any sort of MindManipulation.
119* {{Intangibility}}: The ability to phase through solid material.
120* {{Invisibility}}: A person has the power to become invisible.
121* InvisibleMeansUndodgeable: When a being is invisible, people will always bump into them by accident.
122* InvoluntaryDance: A victim being forced to dance.
123* KiManipulation: Manipulating LifeEnergy, typically in combat.
124* KillOneOthersGetStronger: If you kill one member of a group, the rest of the team will become more powerful to make up for their lost member.
125* LanguageOfMagic: Spells are cast through speaking in another language.
126* LifeDrinker: An immortal character that maintains said immortality by absorbing the life force of others.
127* LivingBattery: A sentient being is used as fuel for magical or technological purposes.
128* LivingLieDetector: Character can tell if someone is lying.
129* MadeOfPhlebotinum
130* MagicalCounterfeiting: Making fake money with magic.
131* MagicalEye: Magic powers that come from one's eye(s).
132* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: Magic contracts are sealed with a kiss.
133* MagicEater: Consuming magic or magical beings.
134* MagicFire: Fire has magical properties.
135* MagicKiss: Kissing has magical effects.
136* MagicEnhancement: Enhancing an object or person through magical means.
137* MagicHair: Magic powers or properties associated with a character's hair.
138* MagicIsMental: Magic requires mental skill and fortitude to master.
139* TheMagicTouch
140* {{Magitek}}: Combining magic with technology.
141* MagicallyRegeneratingClothing: People with healing powers can fix clothing as well.
142* MagicalSpeciesTransformation: Someone of a mundane species is turned into a magical one.
143* MagicDance: Dancing to activate a magic spell.
144* MagicMusic: Music has magical powers.
145* MagnetismManipulation: The power to control magnetic fields.
146* MakeThemRot: The ability to make material decay.
147* ManaBurn: Ability destroys target's spell resources.
148* MarionetteMaster: Using dolls or puppets to do one's bidding.
149* MasterOfIllusion: One who specializes in creating illusions, visual tricks and sub-realities.
150* MasterOfYourDomain: Having complete control over one's own body.
151* MentalWorld: A world inside one's head.
152* MerlinSickness: Aging in reverse.
153* MetaPower: Powers that influence or impact other superpowers.
154* MeteorSummoningAttack: An attack utilizing a meteor shower.
155* MindlinkMates: Romantic partners share a consciousness.
156* MindOverMatter: Telekinetic abilities.
157* MonMode: Transforming into a {{Mon}} to gain their powers.
158* MoralityGuidedAttack: An attack gains properties based on the morality of who it's targeting.
159* MundaneUtility: A power is used for a mundane purpose rather than kicking ass or solving an extraordinary problem.
160* MusicalAssassin: Music is a weapon.
161* OldMagic: A magic system that has been almost entirely replaced by a new one.
162* UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}}
163* OpenSesame: A door that only opens in response to particular sounds or words.
164* OrderMagic: Magic and powers that manipulate order that typically used against chaos.
165* PaperTalisman: Paper strips traditionally used by the Japanese to seal or exorcise demons.
166* PeoplePuppets: Controlling someone like a puppet.
167* PerceptionFilter: A form of invisibility that merely allows you to go without being noticed.
168* PersonOfMassDestruction: A person with a weapon of mass destruction-level powers, skills, or abilities.
169* PerspectiveMagic
170* PowerCopying: Copying other people's abilities for your own use.
171* PowerNullifier: The ability to temporarily disable another's powers.
172* ThePowerOfApathy: Power is unlocked by not caring.
173* ThePowerOfCreation: The magical ability to create something from other things or nothing at all.
174* ThePowerOfHate: Power is unlocked through hatred.
175* ThePowerOfLove: Power is unlocked through love.
176* PowerOfTrust: Power is unlocked through trust.
177* PowerOfTheVoid: Abilities relating to nothingness.
178* PowerParasite: Stealing other people's abilities.
179* PsychicLink: Characters have a telepathic connection.
180* PsychicRadar: Detecting people or things using your psychic powers.
181* PsychicSurgery
182* PureEnergy: Energy is a substance that can be manipulated.
183* RealityWarper: Changing the structure and logic of the world around you.
184* TheRedMage: The capability to use magical skills that are usually mutually exclusive.
185* {{Retconjuration}}: The ability to rewrite history for plot's sake.
186* RitualMagic
187* RunicMagic: The use of runes to create magical effects.
188* SelfMadeSuperpowers: Someone gives themselves powers through scientific means.
189* SensorCharacter: Detection powers.
190* SentientCosmicForce
191* SexMagic: Casting spells by copulating or, in downplayed examples, masturbating.
192* SexuallyTransmittedSuperpowers: Having sex with someone with powers gives you them.
193* ShadowWalker: Teleporting through shadows.
194* ShatterpointTap: Tap in just the right spot to instantly destroy something in your way.
195* SingleSubstanceManipulation: You can only manipulate one type of physical thing.
196* SpectralWeaponCopy
197* SphereOfDestruction
198* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Materializing weapons as need be.
199* StrongerWithAge: Powers that grow stronger as you grow older.
200* SummonBinding: Magic that allows the caster(s) of a summoning spell to exert control over whatever it is they have summoned.
201* SummonMagic: Magic used to summon an entity.
202* SummonToHand: Summoning your weapon back to you.
203* SuperEmpowering: The power to give others powers.
204* SupernaturalFearInducer
205* SupernaturalMartialArts: Advanced martial arts are treated as a form of magic.
206* SupernaturalSealing: The power to seal objects or entities.
207* SupernaturalSensitivity: Sensing the presence of supernatural powers.
208* SupernaturalSuffocation: The ability to make someone else stop breathing.
209* SuperSexOrgans: Genitals with powers.
210* SuperSmoke: Turning into smoke.
211* SuperSpeed
212* TakeAwayTheirName: Magically revoking someone's name.
213* {{Technopath}}: Mental control over technology.
214* {{Telepathy}}: Reading minds and communicating through thoughts.
215* TendrilsOfDarkness: Tentacles made of pure darkness.
216* TimeMaster
217* TornadoMove: Attacking with a tornado.
218* TouchOfDeath
219* TouchTelepathy: Touching someone allows you to speak to them in their mind.
220* TouchTheIntangible: Interacting with non-solid objects like they were solid.
221* TrackingSpell: Using magic to track someone down.
222* {{Transflormation}}: Transforming into a plant.
223* TheTransmogrifier: The ability to transform others.
224* {{Transmutation}}: Turning one thing into something else.
225* TrueLovesKiss
226* TrueSight: Being able to perceive the truth.
227* TurnUndead: A spell that destroys the undead.
228* TwinTelepathy: Twins have a mental link.
229* UnblockableAttack: An attack that can't be blocked.
230* UnholyNuke: Weaponizing evil itself.
231* UtilityMagic: Magic used as a MundaneUtility.
232* VampiricDraining: Draining someone's life force.
233* VancianMagic: Magic needs to be prepared in advance for specific purposes and can only be performed so many times.
234* VariantPowerCopying: Copying the function of someone's abilities but with different execution.
235* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The ability to change your shape and form at will.
236* WalkingWasteland: Your very presence causes the land around you to become withered and corrupted.
237* WhiteMagic: Magic is good.
238* WildMagic: Magic is sentient.
239* WordsCanBreakMyBones: Some words have magical powers.
240* YinYangBomb: Combining opposing forces in a powerful way.
241[[/folder]]
242
243[[folder:Ways of establishing and showing powers]]
244* EleventhHourSuperpower: A power unlocked near the end of the story.
245* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain
246* AbilityMixing: Combining different powers.
247* BackgroundMagicField
248* BarehandedBarBending
249* BattleAura
250* BecomeYourWeapon: Merging with an EmpathicWeapon.
251* BequeathedPower: Passing your power onto another at death.
252* BishonenLine: A point at which power stops turning an evil creature monstrous and instead turns them into a humanoid.
253* BlastingTime: Charging your energy blast attack before firing it.
254* BlindSeer: A blind person who can see the future.
255* BloodBath: Bathing in blood may have supernatural effects.
256* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Someone with powers learns mundane skills to improve their techniques.
257* {{Brainwashed}}: Enslaving someone's mind.
258* BurnScarsBurningPowers: A character with burn scars and fire powers.
259* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Super powers are activated by saying a specific word or phrase.
260* CameBackStrong: A resurrected person is now more powerful than they were before they died.
261* CandlelitRitual: Candles add spooky atmosphere to RitualMagic.
262* CastsNoShadow: Supernatural characters don't give off a shadow.
263* CasualHighDrop: Someone who's extremely confident of being nigh-indestructible blithely drops off or into something, and is unharmed from the fall.
264* CelestialBody
265* ChoresWithoutPowers: Someone with magical abilities, superpowers, etc. does menial labor without using said powers, usually as a punishment.
266* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Gaining superpowers through normal training.
267* CircleOfStandingStones: A bunch of stones in a circle that have supernatural properties.
268* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Reality is controlled by belief.
269* CoconutSuperpowers: A small budget means superpowers have to be told, not shown.
270* CrystalBall: Crystal balls are used for magical purposes, such as seeing the future.
271* DevourTheDragon: A villainous character sacrifices their right-hand man for power.
272* DiscardAndDraw: Giving up a power to gain a new one.
273* EmeraldPower: The color green is associated with magic powers.
274* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: Anyone can receive powers if they reach spiritual enlightenment.
275* EveryoneHasASpecialMove
276* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Sparkles are commonly associated with magic.
277* EvolutionPowerUp
278* FieldPowerEffect
279* FightingSpirit: A fighter's spiritual power manifests as an active physical entity.
280* FingerSnapLighter: Using your fire powers as a lighter.
281* FlightIsTheFinalPower: Gaining multiple superpowers, but flight is last.
282* FormulaicMagic: Magic involves scientific formulas.
283* FrillyUpgrade: Powering up makes your costume more fancy.
284* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Glowing eyes are a bad omen.
285* GodTest: Asking someone with powers to prove they have powers.
286* GoldenSuperMode: Powered-up forms tend to be golden.
287* GrowingMusclesSequence: Growing muscles really fast.
288* HowDoIShotWeb: A person who has recently gained superpowers struggles to learn how their new powers work.
289* HypnotizeTheCaptive
290* InstantRunes
291* InvisibilityFlicker
292* LamarckWasRight: Inheriting non-genetic characteristics.
293* LatinIsMagic: The Latin language is associated with magic and the occult.
294* LevitatingLotusPosition: Levitating while sitting in the lotus position.
295* LeyLine
296* LifeEnergy
297* MagiBabble: Cool-sounding magical jargon.
298* MagicAIsMagicA: Magic with consistent rules.
299* MagicalGesture: A physical gesture to show magic is being done.
300* MagicalProfanityFilter: In-universe magic prevents characters from swearing.
301* MagicFromTechnology: Magic is created by technology.
302* MagicMeteor: Getting magic powers from some supernatural space rock.
303* MagicMissileStorm: Casting a large amount of long-range magic attacks.
304* MagicalSensoryEffect: Magic has a noticeable effect on one's senses.
305* MagicStaff
306* MagicalStarSymbols: Stars are associated with magic.
307* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar
308* MagicWand
309* {{Mana}}
310* ManaDrain
311* MarkedChange: Markings on the body reflecting unlocked power.
312* MarkOfTheSupernatural: A unique physical trait a character possesses marks them as being magical or supernatural.
313* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: A major event that causes many people to gain superpowers.
314* MeditationPowerup: Meditating makes you stronger.
315* MineralMacGuffin
316* MissingReflection: A supernatural being doesn't have a reflection in a mirror.
317* MuggleSportsSuperAthletes: Showing off your powers by playing normal sports.
318* MysticalPlague
319* MysticalPregnancy: A character becomes pregnant through the supernatural or/and their pregnancy is complicated by the supernatural.
320* MysticalWhiteHair: White hair is associated with the supernatural.
321* NaturalElements
322* NeckLift: Lifting someone in the air after grabbing them by the neck.
323* NewAbilityAddiction: Getting a new skill brings an urge to use it.
324* NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus: Getting sent to another world grants you a special new ability.
325* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: A character will suddenly demonstrate new abilities whenever the plot requires it.
326* NewSuperpower
327* NextTierPowerUp
328* ObliviouslySuperpowered: A character has powers but isn't aware of them - even while using them.
329* OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce: The hero gets great powers with no drawbacks.
330* OnePersonOnePower: Each person can only have one superpower.
331* OneSuperOnePowerSet
332* OneWingedAngel
333* OrbitingParticleShield: Particles of various forms orbit around someone for defensive purposes.
334* OurAncestorsAreSuperheroes: A character descends from supernatural beings.
335* ParanormalGamblingAdvantage: Showing psychic abilities through an improbable skill in gambling.
336* PersonalityPowers
337* PlaceOfPower: A location with supernatural importance.
338* PostModernMagik: How does the supernatural interact with the modern world?
339* PositionOfLiteralPower: A new job gives you new power.
340* PowerBornOfMadness: Insanity gives you powers.
341* PowerDyesYourHair: Getting stronger causes a change in hair color.
342* PowerEchoes: Reverb as a sign of power.
343* PowerFloats: Floating as a sign of power.
344* PowerGivesYouWings: Powerful characters have wings.
345* PowerGlows: Glowing as a sign of power.
346* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Hair gets longer with more power.
347* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Voice gets deeper with more power.
348* PowerPalms
349* PowersAsPrograms: Powers are equippable, replicable, and/or transferrable.
350* PowersDoTheFighting: Powers mean you can fight while standing still.
351* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: Characters unlock their powers in Episode 1.
352* PowerStereotypeFlip: A character with powers defies the stereotypical personality associated with said powers.
353* PowersViaPossession
354* PowersViaWeapon
355* PowerTattoo
356* PowerUp: Video game collectibles that grant new powers to the player.
357* PowerUpFood: A person becomes stronger from eating a kind of food.
358* PowerUpFullColorChange: Powering up makes your color scheme change.
359* ProjectileSpell
360* ProtectiveCharm
361* PstandardPsychicPstance: Touching your head to show that you're using your psychic powers.
362* PsychicNosebleed: Psychic powers cause nosebleeds.
363* PsychicStrangle: Choking someone with telekinesis.
364* PubertySuperpower
365* RePower
366* RealLifeSuperPowers: Superpowers that are still plausible.
367* ReligionIsMagic: Powers stemming from religion.
368* RewritingReality: Writing changes reality.
369* RhymingWizardry: Magic is done by lyrical spells that rhyme.
370* RobeAndWizardHat
371* ShapingYourAttacks
372* SharedSignatureMove
373* ShockwaveClap
374* ShowingOffYourPowers
375* SignatureMove
376* SimplifiedSpellcasting
377* SpellBlade
378* SpellBook: Tomes filled with rituals, incantations and instructions for your garden-variety wizard.
379* SplitMindSplitPowers: A character with split personalities has different powers depending on the personality in charge.
380* SpoonBending: Spoons (and the bending of) associated with psychics and the paranormal.
381* StandardPowerupPose
382* SubtleSuperpowering
383* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Magic is treated as a science.
384* SummoningRitual
385* SuperMode
386* SupernaturalGoldEyes
387* SuperPoweredAlterEgo: I don't have powers, but my alter ego does.
388* SuperpowersForADay: Gaining temporary powers.
389* SuperSerum: A serum that gives people superpowers.
390* TechnicolorFire
391* TechnicolorMagic: Magic is visualized using colors.
392* ThoughtControlledPower: Any superpower or magic that is controlled by thought or will alone.
393* ThroatLight: A character so full of power that light shines out of their mouth.
394* TimeStandsStill
395* TouchedByVorlons: Character gains special powers via contact with a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien.
396* TransformationSequence
397* TransformationTrinket
398* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening
399* TwinsAreSpecial: By virtue of being born as part of an identical sibling set, a character will have access to magical powers and enhanced abilities or have particularly strong innate power
400* UnEqualRites: Rivalries between different types of spellcasters.
401* UnexpectedlyRealMagic: Holy shit, magic is actually real!?
402* UpgradeArtifact: Instantly learning a skill just by holding an object.
403* VictorGainsLosersPowers: Defeating someone and obtaining their ability or unique weapon.
404* VolcanicVeins: Supernatural powers make your veins glow.
405* VoodooDoll: An enchanted doll made in a person's likeness that will make the person they're modeled after suffer whatever is inflicted upon the doll.
406* WeatherManipulation
407* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks
408* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness
409* WizardBeard: Long beards are standard for those who specialize in magic.
410* WizardDuel: A fight between two spellcasters.
411* WizardsLiveLonger: Sorcerers are more long-lived than those who don't have magic powers.
412* WonderTwinPowers: Two people have powers that will only work when they've made physical contact with one another.
413* YourMindMakesItReal: If you do something in a dream/hallucination/VR sim, the results happen for real.
414* ZombifyTheLiving
415[[/folder]]
416
417[[folder:Power limitations and catches]]
418* AbilityDepletionPenalty: Abilities, such as a SprintMeter, incur a negative penalty when used up completely.
419* AddictionPowered: Gaining superpowers by consumption of a drug that doesn't have the same effects on anyone else.
420* AddictiveMagic: Magic is addicting.
421* AmuletOfDependency: Powerful magical item turns out to be hard to live without.
422* AntiRegeneration: Ways to stop someone's regeneration powers.
423* ArmorAndMagicDontMix: Spellcasting characters can't or don't wear armor.
424* BanOnMagic: Magic is banned by a government or authority figure.
425* BlackBox: Powers with a mysterious and potentially dangerous origin or mode of action.
426* BreakablePowerUp: A power-up is temporary and can be broken.
427* BroughtDownToNormal: A person or creature with magic or other powers temporarily loses those powers for an episode or more.
428* CastFromCalories: A character has to eat constantly in order to use their powers.
429* CastFromExperiencePoints
430* CastFromHitPoints
431* CastFromLifespan
432* CastFromMoney
433* CastFromSanity
434* CastFromStamina
435* CelestialDeadline: You only have so long until your magic spell runs out or becomes permanent.
436* ConcentrationBoundMagic: Magic that only lasts so long as the wielder is concentrating.
437* ContainmentClothing
438* {{Counterspell}}: Stopping a spell from going off by flinging your own magic at it before it can take effect.
439* CoverBlowingSuperpower
440* CurseEscapeClause: There's a seemingly built-in way out of this magic spell. It just takes some time to find it.
441* DeathActivatedSuperpower: A supernatural ability that only activates when its "wielder" dies.
442* DeathByDepower: Someone losing their powers means they die.
443* DefenceMechanismSuperpower: A superpower that activates and/or acts on its own, only when its bearer is threatened in some manner.
444* DePower: Someone with superpowers loses their powers permanently, or at least for a while.
445* DePowerZone: An area where powers and abilities don't work.
446* DieOrFly: Dormant superpowers come to light under extreme circumstances.
447* DoubleEdgedBuff: A status effect or a power-up that temporarily enhances the target in one aspect in exchange for hindering them in another.
448* EmbarrassingSuperpower: Your powers are humiliating.
449* EquivalentExchange
450* EvenMoreOmnipotent: A very powerful being is surpassed by someone even more powerful.
451* FlightStrengthHeart
452* GenderRestrictedAbility
453* GenerationalMagicDecline: Your magic is weaker than your father's, just as he is weaker than his father, who was weaker than his father, and so on and so on.
454* GlamourFailure: Shape-shifters will always have tells that give away that they aren't who they appear to be.
455* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: A being only exists as long as they are believed in.
456* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Characters who heal quickly are more prone to injury for the sake of plot advancement.
457* HealingMagicIsTheHardest
458* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: A power that seems useless at first proves to be very effective when used properly.
459* HeroicRROD: The hero dies from overexerting themselves.
460* HourOfPower: Activated powers that work for a certain amount of time.
461* HulkingOut: Changing into a stronger form after becoming enraged.
462* ImmunityDisability: Supposedly helpful immunities have unwelcome side effects.
463* IneptMage: An incompetent sorcerer.
464* InertiaIsACruelMistress
465* IntoxicatedSuperpowerSnag: Drugs have unintended side effects on powers.
466* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: A character is able to change shape, but cannot control their transformations.
467* LethalHarmlessPowers: A power that seems harmless at first is actually capable of being used lethally.
468* LimitedUseMagicalDevice: A magical item that allows a spell to be cast a limited amount of times before being consumed.
469* LongRangeFighter: Great at dealing with things from a distance, useless up close.
470* LovecraftianSuperpower: Magic, superpower, or special ability that is unpleasant or abnormal in the story's setting.
471* MagicallyIneptFighter: A physically-inclined combatant who is weak in terms of magic powers.
472* MagicHarmsTechnology
473* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: Using magic or other powers draws the attention of Bad Things.
474* MagicIsEvil
475* MagicMisfire
476* MagicMustDefeatMagic: Magic can only be stopped with other magic.
477* MalfunctionMalady: Superpowers go crazy, don't work, or do something different if the person is sick/injured/pregnant/whatever.
478* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's left ambiguous whether there was anything supernatural about the event or being or if there is actually a logical explanation for the supposed supernatural trappings.
479* MidasTouch: The ability to turn anything you touch into something valuable. It's great until it's not.
480* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Mind readers get repulsed from reading the thoughts of an unpleasant individual.
481* MindOverManners: It's wrong to screw with other people's minds. So the good guys don't do it.
482* MugglesDoItBetter: Normal people with no powers are more efficient than super-powered beings.
483* MutuallyExclusiveMagic: There are several kinds of magic, but you can only choose one kind to learn.
484* NoEyeInMagic: A power requires eye contact to work.
485* NoSelfBuffs: Magically adept person can't work magic on themself.
486* OnlyFleshIsSafe: Something does not affect living organic matter.
487* OnlyThePureOfHeart
488* PentUpPowerPeril: An ability threatens its user with PowerIncontinence if it goes unused enough.
489* PhysicalAttributeSwap: Transforming in a particular way requires swapping that attribute with someone who already has it.
490* PowerAtAPrice: Gaining powers comes at a heavy, detrimental cost.
491* PowerCrutch: An item that is needed to use one's powers.
492* PowerDegeneration: Power kills you a little more each time you use it.
493* PowerIncontinence: A being with superpowers is unable to control their powers.
494* PoweringVillainRealization: A protagonist realizes that they supply the villain with power, and cut it off.
495* PowerLimiter: An object that limits someone's powers.
496* PowerLossDepression: Character loses their powers and feels weak and worthless because of it.
497* ThePowerOfBlood
498* PowerStrainBlackout: A character using their special power causes them to faint, especially if it's the first time.
499* PowerUpgradingDeformation: The stronger you get, the uglier you get.
500* PsychicBlockDefense: Immunity to telepathy.
501* PsychicStatic: Someone prevents a psychic from reading their mind by thinking irrelevant thoughts.
502* PsychoactivePowers: Powers controlled by one's emotional state.
503* RandomlyGifted
504* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy
505* RegeneratingMana
506* RequiredSecondaryPowers: A secondary power that the hero has to have in order for it to be possible to use their primary power without harming themselves or others.
507* RestrainingBolt: A device that is used to keep a being in check so that they can't use their powers to hurt people.
508* SacrificialRevivalSpell: This spell kills you, but it brings someone back to life.
509* SelfHarmInducedSuperpower
510* SemanticSuperpower
511* SituationalSword: A weapon whose power is only fully realized under certain conditions.
512* SpellLevels: Spells have separate tiers for stronger versions of itself.
513* SquishyWizard: Magic users are physically weak.
514* StarkNakedSorcery: When a magical rite requires nudity.
515* SuperGenderBender
516* SuperingInYourSleep: Using magic or superpowers in one's sleep.
517* SupernormalBindings: Supernatural beings are locked in supernatural restraints.
518* SuperpowerDisability: Character with a superpower is given a disability as a result.
519* SuperpowerLottery
520* SuperPowerMeltdown: Character wrecks the entire area because of their failing/overused powers.
521* SuperpowerSillyPutty: A person who gains extremely volatile superpowers that come and go frequently.
522* SwissArmyTears
523* SympatheticMagic: You need a part of a person to affect them.
524* TeleportationSickness
525* TimedPowerUp: Powers run on a time limit.
526* TotallyNotAWerewolf: A {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}er is mistaken for some other creature.
527* TransferredTransformation: You can only transform by taking a transformation power from someone else -- and it can subsequently be taken from ''you''.
528* UnSorcerer: Everyone's got magic except you.
529* UselessSuperpowers
530* UselessWithoutPowers
531* VillainousRROD: A villain has a physical breakdown from overexerting themselves.
532* VirginPower
533* WeakerInTheRealWorld
534* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: A super power that comes off as useless.
535* WillfullyWeak: A being with great power deliberately shows restraint in how much of their power they use because they know leaving their abilities unchecked can cause problems.
536* {{Wishplosion}}
537* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Power makes you crazy.
538* WordsDoNotMakeTheMagic: Just saying the magic words doesn't work for non-spellcasters.
539* YourMagicsNoGoodHere: Magic from X dimension does not function correctly (or at all) in Y dimension.
540[[/folder]]
541
542[[folder:Other related tropes]]
543* AntiMagicalFaction: A group that hate magic.
544* ApothecaryAlligator: All proper wizards need at least one taxidermy alligator in their MageTower.
545* TheArchmage
546* AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: Weapons or attacks that kill in one scene, knock out in another, with identical attacks.
547* BadPowersBadPeople: Villains with powers which have a bad reputation.
548* BadPowersGoodPeople: I have evil powers, but I will be good instead.
549* BaldMystic: Baldness used to indicate mysticism, an association with the supernatural, or enlightenment.
550* BroughtDownToBadass: Even after losing their powers, they can still kick your ass.
551* CatsAreMagic
552* CelebrityPower: Celebrities have superpowers.
553* ChildrenAreSpecial: A child's uniqueness gives them exclusive feats.
554* ClarkesThirdLaw: Highly advanced technology and magic are the same thing.
555* CosmicEntity: Any being so great its mere existence can affect space itself. Alternatively, could be made of space itself.
556* CuteWitch
557* TheDarkArts: Morally questionable practices, whether scientific or magical.
558* DarkMagicalGirl
559* DeusSexMachina: Plot device that requires sex to work.
560* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: Any alternative term for "superhuman," or for anyone who possesses supernatural powers.
561* DoesNotLikeMagic
562* ExtranormalPrison: Jail specialized to contain people/entities with special powers.
563* FakeWizardry
564* FantasticRecruitmentDrive
565* FantasticScience: Fantastic elements studied scientifically.
566* FantasyCharacterClasses
567* FighterMageThief
568* FightsLikeANormal: Character with fantastic powers mostly fights without them, or at least uses very little of it.
569* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Character can sense the presence and strength of other powerful characters.
570* FreeingTheGenie: Freeing a genie from their vessel for good.
571* GenieInABottle
572* {{Ghostapo}}: Nazis mixed up in the supernatural.
573* GoodPowersBadPeople: I have good powers, but I will be evil instead.
574* GooGooGodlike: An all-powerful child who doesn't know any better.
575* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Goth women are associated with magic.
576* GreatGazoo: Eccentric, possibly immature character with incredible powers.
577* HistoricalDomainSuperperson: A HistoricalDomainCharacter is given superpowers in a fictional work.
578* IdenticallyPoweredTeam: All your teammates have the same powers as you.
579* ImperfectRitual: The material lacks or substitutes some key component, but manages to start anyway.
580* InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality: More power = less practicality.
581* InverseLawOfComplexityToPower: Simple powers are stronger.
582* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: When someone thinks their special talent is something everyone can do.
583* KungFuWizard: A magic user that's also a skilled physical fighter.
584* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards
585* MacGuffinSuperPerson: A LivingMacGuffin sought after for some supernatural ability or quality they have.
586* MadeOfMagic
587* MageBornOfMuggles: Someone with ordinary parentage has supernatural abilities.
588* MageHuntingMonster: A creature that either targets or specializes in hunting down people who either use magic or have supernatural powers.
589* MageKiller: Someone who specializes in killing people with magical abilities.
590* MageSpecies
591* MageTower
592* MagicalBarefooter: A character with magical powers who PrefersGoingBarefoot for some reason related to their magic.
593* MagicalGirl: Young girls learning to find their place in the world while secretly fighting to protect it with magical powers.
594* MagicalGirlWarrior
595* MagicalGuardian
596* MagicalHomelessPerson
597* MagicalNativeAmerican
598* MagicalSeventhSon: The seventh son of a seventh son has magical powers.
599* MagicalUnderpinningsOfReality
600* MagicAntidote: Cures and antidotes work instantly and reverse all damage caused by the illness/poison.
601* MagicByAnyOtherName: It's basically magic, but we won't call it that.
602* MagicCarpet
603* MagicCauldron: Spellcasters contractually keep a cauldron to brew spells and potions.
604* TheMagicComesBack: Magic is restored after it all went away.
605* MagicCompass
606* MagicContractRomance
607* MagicGenetics
608* TheMagicGoesAway: Everything magical ceases to exist.
609* MagiciansAreWizards: Stage magicicans can do actual magic.
610* MagicIdolSinger: A MagicalGirl who's also an IdolSinger.
611* MagicIsFeminine: Magic is primarily associated with women. Or men who are more feminine than the rest of the male cast.
612* {{Magick}}: An alternate spelling of the word "magic".
613* MagicKnight: A magic user who fights with a sword.
614* MagicMap: A special map with magical properties.
615* MageMarksman: A magic user that fights with ranged weaponry.
616* MagicMirror: Mirrors have magical properties.
617* MagicMushroom: Mushrooms in fiction tend to be magic in nature, be it for the better or worse.
618* MagicOrPsychic: Both magic and psychic powers exist in the same world. How do they differ, if they differ at all?
619* MagicPotion
620* MagicVersusScience: A rivalry exists between scientists and wizards.
621* TheMagocracy
622* ManaPotion: An item that restores mana.
623* TheMarvelousDeer: Deer are elusive, mystical and wondrous animals.
624* MasterOfOneMagic
625* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane
626* MilitaryMage: A SuperSoldier with magic abilities.
627* MorePoweredProtege: A non-powered person becomes a mentor for someone with superpowers.
628* MuggleBornOfMages: Ordinary character with supernatural ancestors.
629* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: An expert in magic they can't use themselves.
630* OurMagesAreDifferent
631* ParodyMagicSpell: Magic spells for laughs that invoke in-jokes or references.
632* PhysicalGod
633* PhysicalMysticalTechnological
634* PowerLevels: Systems used to precisely quantify a character's strength.
635* PowerLossMakesYouStrong
636* PowerPerversionPotential: Superpowers are used for sexual purposes.
637* PowerProfitPotential: Superpowers are used to make money.
638* PsychicChildren
639* PsychoElectro: Crazy, psychotic, and/or sadistic character with electricity-based powers.
640* RabbitMagician
641* RealityChangingMiniature: A mininature version of an object that affects the larger counterpart when touched.
642* RecessiveSuperGenes: SuperpowerfulGenetics may skip generations.
643* ResistantToMagic: Characters who resist magic.
644* RingOfPower: A ring that has special abilities, thanks to magic and/or technology.
645* RoyaltySuperpower: Descendants of royalty get exclusive supernatural abilities.
646* SaltSolution
647* ScienceDestroysMagic
648* ScientificallyUnderstandableSorcery
649* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Character uses superpowers to get away with breaking laws.
650* SecretArt: The secret technique of a martial, mystical or mundane art-form.
651* SolarAndLunar: The sun and the moon as contrasting elements.
652* SorcerersApprenticePlot: A young ward's attempts to be like his boss becomes too much for him to handle.
653* SpaceIsMagic
654* SpeakOfTheDevil: The villain comes when called.
655* SpecialOccasionsAreMagic: When special occasions like birthdays and Christmas cause magic to happen.
656* SuperhumanTrafficking: Enslaving and/or exploiting DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals.
657* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Super-powered beings will have children who inherit their parents' powers.
658* SuperRegistrationAct
659* JustForFun/TheseLookLikeJobsForTheSuperman
660* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: The plot is tailored so that there's always a situation where the hero's powers are useful.
661* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: Magic is a skill, but not everyone can master it.
662* WarriorVersusSorcerer
663* WeakToMagic: A vulnerability to magic.
664* {{Whatevermancy}}: Magic using a certain thing is called "[X]mancy".
665* WhiteMagicianGirl
666* TheWitchHunter
667* AWizardDidIt: Hastily explaining an inconsistency has happening because of magic.
668* WizardingSchool
669* WrongContextMagic: Magic always obeys strict rules... except when cast by this character.
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