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A little over a year and a half of work on this, woo! Was actually planning to do this CRT before the release of Rebirth but it took more time than I expected. Now for Rebirth to debunk all my hard work.
Many thanks to @AlphaOmegaV1 for help through the months and @Theglassman12 for some very important and consistent feedback. Also to @Cyberblader90 for the original idea of a whole section of the blog I shamelessly stole.
Sooo, the proposal here is a new verse ability for Final Fantasy VII. As the name indicates it's Spiritual Energy Manipulation, referring to the Lifestream, Mako, which is essentially the equivalent of Ki/Nen/Chakra/Reiki/Haki/Cosmo/Reiatsu in the setting. This also doubles as a cosmology blog explaining the nature of the Lifestream and how it relates to Spiritual Energy Manipulation.
Blog with full explanations here.
Though here's an index and quick rundown of the changes and what's covered (Full justifications in the blog):
Applies to: Bottom tiers (9-B), such as Infantryman Cloud and other mooks onwards.
3. b. Mako Poisoning
Applies to: Low Tiers (High 6-A), such as Disc 1 Party and 2nd Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, onwards.
3. c. Corruption
Applies to: Mid-Tiers (4-A), such as Disc 2 Party and 1st Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, Angeal, Genesis, onwards.
3. d. Assimilation
Applies to: High and Top-Tiers (3-B), such as Disc 3 Party, AC Cloud, DoC Vincent, Weiss, pre-Lifestream Sephiroth, onwards.
4. Base Level: Spiritual Essence
Applies to: Everyone.
5. Level 1: Basic
Applies to: Bottom tiers (9-B), such as infantryman Cloud and other mooks onwards.
6. Level 2: Intermediate
Applies to: Low Tiers (High 6-A), such as Disc 1 Party and 2nd Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, onwards.
7. Level 3: Advanced
Applies to: Mid-Tiers (4-A), such as Disc 2 Party and 1st Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, Angeal, Genesis, onwards.
8. Level 4: Mastered
Applies to: High-Tiers (3-B), such as Disc 3 Party, Sephiroth (pre-Lifestream), onwards.
9. Level 5: Awakened
Applies to: Top-Tiers (3-B), such as AC Cloud, DoC Vincent, Weiss, Remnants of Sephiroth, onwards.
10. Level 6: Thaumaturge
Applies to: Top-Tiers (3-B), such as AC Sephiroth, post-death Aerith, Minerva (her tier being an exception)
11. Extra Level: Ivalice
Applies to: An additional level. Arrival applies to low-tiers (High 6-A) onwards and endgame to mid-tiers (4-A) onwards.
12. Final Level: Lifestream
Applies to: Only to the Lifestream itself.
Many thanks to @AlphaOmegaV1 for help through the months and @Theglassman12 for some very important and consistent feedback. Also to @Cyberblader90 for the original idea of a whole section of the blog I shamelessly stole.
Sooo, the proposal here is a new verse ability for Final Fantasy VII. As the name indicates it's Spiritual Energy Manipulation, referring to the Lifestream, Mako, which is essentially the equivalent of Ki/Nen/Chakra/Reiki/Haki/Cosmo/Reiatsu in the setting. This also doubles as a cosmology blog explaining the nature of the Lifestream and how it relates to Spiritual Energy Manipulation.
Blog with full explanations here.
Though here's an index and quick rundown of the changes and what's covered (Full justifications in the blog):
- Why Spiritual Energy is 4-D (This was a revision originally proposed by @Cyberblader90 all the way in 2021 that's currently accepted, I simply added a few things and included it due to its major importance)
- Danger and Intensity of Mako: Why exposure to Spiritual Energy becomes more hazardous at different levels.
- Stages of Hazard: The dangerous effects exposure to Mako has, and how they change depending on the amount exposed to. This translates to Resistances.
Applies to: Bottom tiers (9-B), such as Infantryman Cloud and other mooks onwards.
- Perception Manipulation
- Statistics Reduction
3. b. Mako Poisoning
Applies to: Low Tiers (High 6-A), such as Disc 1 Party and 2nd Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, onwards.
- Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation
- Madness Manipulation (Type 2)
- Memory Manipulation
- Perception Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Statistics Reduction (Enhanced)
- Paralysis Inducement
- Sleep Manipulation
- Death Manipulation
3. c. Corruption
Applies to: Mid-Tiers (4-A), such as Disc 2 Party and 1st Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, Angeal, Genesis, onwards.
- Biological Manipulation and Technology Manipulation
- Corruption (Type 2)
- Necromancy
- Madness Manipulation (Type 2, Enhanced)
3. d. Assimilation
Applies to: High and Top-Tiers (3-B), such as Disc 3 Party, AC Cloud, DoC Vincent, Weiss, pre-Lifestream Sephiroth, onwards.
- Deconstruction and Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum)
- Mind Manipulation, Soul Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation
- Memory Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Life Manipulation
- Power Nullification
- Absorption (Biological, Power, Energy and Soul)
4. Base Level: Spiritual Essence
Applies to: Everyone.
Abilities:
- Blessed
- Acausality (Type 4)
- Abstract Existence (Type 1)
- Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 1)
- Chi Manipulation
- Holy Manipulation and Resistance Negation
- Information Manipulation (Type 2)
- Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1) and Space-Time Manipulation
- Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Life Manipulation and Memory Manipulation
- Non-Physical Interaction (Elements, Spiritual and Abstracts)
- Regeneration Negation (High Godly: Concept; Type 1, Information; Type 2; History)
- Immortality Negation (Types 2, 3, possibly 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9)
- Acausality Negation (Type 3)
- Holy Manipulation
- Information Manipulation (Type 2)
- Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1) and Space-Time Manipulation
- Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Life Manipulation and Memory Manipulation
- Power Mimicry, Power Absorption and Power Modification
- Magic
5. Level 1: Basic
Applies to: Bottom tiers (9-B), such as infantryman Cloud and other mooks onwards.
Abilities:
- Regeneration (Low)
- Empowerment, Awakened Power and Rage power
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure)
- Cold Temperatures
- High Temperatures
6. Level 2: Intermediate
Applies to: Low Tiers (High 6-A), such as Disc 1 Party and 2nd Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, onwards.
Abilities:
- Supernatural Willpower
- Aura (Non-combat applicable)
- Regeneration (Mid-Low)
- Damage Boost
- Energy Projection
- Invulnerability Negation (For Limit Breaks)
- Reflection Negation (For Limit Breaks)
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure and Mako Poisoning)
- Unholy Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation
- Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Corrosion Inducement, Absorption and BFR
- Death Manipulation
- Madness Manipulation (Types 1 and 3)
- Radiation Manipulation and Matter Manipulation (Sub-Atomic)
- Absolute Zero
- Corruption (Type 1)
- Sealing
- Time Manipulation and Time Stop
- Fate Manipulation
7. Level 3: Advanced
Applies to: Mid-Tiers (4-A), such as Disc 2 Party and 1st Class SOLDIER Zack Fair, Angeal, Genesis, onwards.
Abilities:
- Supernatural Willpower (Enhanced)
- Free Movement
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure, Mako Poisoning and Mutation)
- Pain Manipulation
- Healing Negation
- Illusion Creation
- Extreme Pressure
8. Level 4: Mastered
Applies to: High-Tiers (3-B), such as Disc 3 Party, Sephiroth (pre-Lifestream), onwards.
Abilities:
- Supernatural Willpower (Enhanced)
- Healing Negation
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure, Mako Poisoning, Mutation and Assimilation)
- Telekinesis, Perception Manipulation and Sense Manipulation
- Possession, Body Puppetry and Telepathy
- Spatial Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Extreme Heat and Radiation Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Durability Negation (Via Internal Damage)
9. Level 5: Awakened
Applies to: Top-Tiers (3-B), such as AC Cloud, DoC Vincent, Weiss, Remnants of Sephiroth, onwards.
Abilities:
- Limited Astral Projection
- Chi Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Damage Boost (Enhanced)
- Regeneration (High-Low)
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure, Mako Poisoning, Mutation and Assimilation)
- Mind Manipulation (Mental Drain)
- Fear Manipulation
- Unholy Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation (Enhanced)
10. Level 6: Thaumaturge
Applies to: Top-Tiers (3-B), such as AC Sephiroth, post-death Aerith, Minerva (her tier being an exception)
Abilities:
- Supernatural Willpower (Enhanced)
- Magic (Natural)
- Summoning
- Enhanced Senses, Extrasensory Perception and Clairvoyance
- Astral Projection
- Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Memory Manipulation and Life Manipulation
- Possible Fate Manipulation
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure, Mako Poisoning, Mutation and Assimilation)
11. Extra Level: Ivalice
Applies to: An additional level. Arrival applies to low-tiers (High 6-A) onwards and endgame to mid-tiers (4-A) onwards.
Abilities (Arrival):
- Ivalician Magick
- Bravery
- Reflection and Space-Time Manipulation Negation
- Subjective Reality, Probability Manipulation and Power Nullification Negation
- Social Influencing and Morality Manipulation
- Biological Manipulation and Corruption (Type 1)
- Law Manipulation
- Matter Manipulation (Quantum)
- Void Manipulation
- Reality Warping
- Subjective Reality, Probability Manipulation and Power Nullification
- Corruption (Type 2)
- Unholy Manipulation
- Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation
- Madness Manipulation (Type 3)
- Corrosion Inducement
- BFR
- Immortality Negation (Type 5) and Non-Physical Interaction (Nonexistence and Nonduality)
- BFR (Enhanced)
- Absolute Zero (Enhanced)
- Existence Erasure
- Necromancy, Body Puppetry and Sense Manipulation
- Corruption (Type 2) (Enhanced)
- Law Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Space-Time Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Void Manipulation (Enhanced)
- Chaos Manipulation
12. Final Level: Lifestream
Applies to: Only to the Lifestream itself.
Abilities:
- Creation and Existence Erasure
- Fate Manipulation
- Blessing, Life Manipulation and Power Bestowal
- Healing, Purification (Type 1, 2 and 3) and Statistics Amplification
- Resurrection
- Immersion and Dimensional Travel
- All abilities from Materia
- Hazardous Effects of Mako (Minor Exposure, Mako Poisoning, Mutation and Assimilation)