New Power: Double Jump

[Jinsye]

We got Spin Dash so I figured there should be room for this other iconic ability.

For those who have been living under a rock don't know. Double jumping is the ability to jump an extra time while in mid-air. This can grant you extra mobility and the ability to reach greater heights than usual.

This ability is rather popular in fiction and I don't say why it wouldn't deserve a page

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Agree so long as it isn't flat out game mechanics. Example, Doomguy would have Double Jump for having a canonical reason to have it. Random characters who can touble tap X shouldn't.

 

[Ryuga21]

This is limited pseudo-flight.

 

[Jinsye]

That seems dumbly specific compared to just double jump

I guess we should change metal manip to limited earth manipulation

 

[Eficiente]

I agree with Rei Rubro, sorry.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

This is limited pseudo-flight.

Flight is continuous.

 

[Eficiente]

Which is subjective as most can't fly forever. Flight is just move through the air.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

Most can project themselves more than a second.

Double Jump is to Flight as Longevity is to Immortality (Type 1).

 

[Newendigo]

What about characters that have triple jump?

Or character that can dash in mid air?

 

[Eficiente]

@Bambu Yes, sure, but if you look for the definition of the word you don't see anything putting a timeframe, just being able to move through the air. That's flight.

 

[Antoniofer]

Its an interesting power, and yes, not quite related to Flight (if any, more related to Gravity Defiance).

 

[Matthew_Schroeder]

I think this is far too specific and not really needed, besides it is game mechanics 99% of the time.

Side note, I don't think Spin Dash should be an ability either.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

@Bambu Yes, sure, but if you look for the definition of the word you don't see anything putting a timeframe, just being able to move through the air. That's flight.

Common sense solves this problem incredibly easily.

 

[AguilaR101]

I think it should be included under Acrobatics if that ever becomes an ability, things like being able to do 360┬░ backflips and parkour serve a great purpose in a battle and it's not something everyone can do.

 

[Mr. Bambu]

^

Acrobatics absolutely needs to be an ability, same as other similar real world abilities.

I'm cool with keeping Double Jump as a separate ability- it makes sense. It can't be disregarded as "well mostly game mechanics" because not many profiles having it doesn't actually negate its existence.

 

[Antoniofer]

Spin Dash is more of a technic than a power, is not much different than Unarmed Combat or Swordmanship, but I'm mostly neutral about it.

Perhaps a new power for Air Movement that do not involve Flight (although perhaps is kinda irrelevant? Depends of the users).

 

[Mr. Bambu]

I even gave an example in this thread of a character with canonical explanations for Double Jump. Doomguy has it.

 

[Phoenix821]

Amaterasu (Okami) might have it.

 

[Jackythejack]

Chelshia has it but y'know obscure character

 

[Wokistan]

Destiny Hunters would.

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Genji (Overwatch) and Hanzo (Overwatch) would have it

 

[Antoniofer]

I guess these characters has Double Jump that do not relie on game mechanics; I don't have a issue with that of course, but I think it was the main disagree in the thread. I also would call it Mid-Air Jump, since few characters can jump more than one time in the air.

 

[AguilaR101]

How do you even tell it's game mechanics and not a legitimate skill?

 

[Wokistan]

It's outright explained in DOOM and Destiny.

 

[Sans2345]

Agreed

 

[Assassin's_Weed]

Seems reasonable

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Its explained in overwatch as well

 

[Jackythejack]

What's the explanation for that I actually have no idea

 

[WeeklyBattles]

Genji: Thanks to his cybernetic abilities, Genji can climb walls and perform jumps in mid-air.

Hanzo: Hanzo can double jump, allowing him to change direction mid-jump.

 

[Jackythejack]

I mean seems like more of an explanation for Genji than Hanzo to be fair, but eh it's whatever

 

[Sans2345]

A bit off topic but spawning should be a power heck its used in minecraft and garry's mod

 

[WeeklyBattles]

We need powers like hologram creation and shockwave creation tbqh

 

[Jinsye]

Spawning is just summoning tho

 

[Sans2345]

Spawning is just summoning tho

Well its similar to summoning but still

 

[Sans2345]

Minecraft uses it

 

[Antoniofer]

Spawning is variation of Life Manipulation, Biological Manipulation and/or Creation.

We generally refer to Shockwave Manipulation as Vibration Manipulation or Explosion Manipulation (If involve fire).

And Hologram Projection is either Illusion Creation or Light Manipulation.

 

[Newendigo]

I actually prefer something like Multi-Jump for characters that can jump more than twice or even indefinitly.

 

[Litentric_Teon]

Yeah, a lot of characters in destiny can jump multiple times.

I do agree with Multi-Jump if this goes through.

 

[Antvasima]

I think this is far too specific and not really needed, besides it is game mechanics 99% of the time.

Side note, I don't think Spin Dash should be an ability either.

I agree with Matthew. This seems too specific.

That said, characters such as Sanji can run on air. Perhaps we could rename the ability based on that instead?

 

[Ryuga21]

We need a page for candy manipulation