List of Magical Powers and Weapons

I love giving my characters some strange abilities or unique weapons. Here are some that I’ve used, or that I’ve loved from other stories.

Magical Powers:

Fire – Control the fire element or become fire.

Ice – Control ice. Ice users usually hate the heat and love the cold.

Iron – Control iron and form it into whatever shape (like a weapon) you want.

Water – Control the water element or become water, -hurricanes.

Wind – Control the wind element or become the wind, -tornadoes.

Electricity – Call down lightning, take in electricity from surroundings and shoot out electric shocks.

Smoke – Control smoke…. That’s it.

Snow – Control blizzards, ice, snow, etc.

Light – Control light, create a blinding light, or manipulate the light to create illusions to opponents.

Shadow – Control the shadows and thus the objects the shadows belong to. Usually requires touching the shadow somehow.

Earth – Control the element of earth, move rocks and dirt and sand and the like.

Meteor – Control meteors and have them come crashing to the ground, or move quickly like a meteor and cause the same amount of destruction.

Weather – Make it rain or make it sunny, etc.

Plants – Grow plants to form poisons and weapons or use the plants to fight or bring life to the plants.Mind Reading – Hear others’ thoughts

Summoning – Summon spirits and animals and monsters and the like from a different realm. Usually by using some sort of object like a key or a card.

Knight – Change weapons and outfits at will (meaning without taking anything off and putting it on, you grab it out of thin air). From Fairy Tail (anime/manga).

Healer – Heal any wounds or sicknesses, either of yourself or someone else.

Demon – Take over demons and control them and/or become a demon.

Transformation – Change your features and clothes into something or someone else.

Giant – Any part or all of your body becomes huge.

Tiny – Any part or all of your body becomes small.

Cards – Tell the future using cards, or throw the cards and the pictures on them will appear. You could also combine cards (e.g. throw a “monster” card and a “fire” card and a fire monster will appear).

Words – Write words on paper or in thin air and whatever you write appears. Or translate languages and runes and solve codes.

Crush – Anything you touch crumbles.

Souls – Control souls of the dead, either by putting them into a body or object, or just using them to creep everyone out, or to talk to them for information. Or control living souls, usually at some sort of expense.

Flying – Fly around the room!

Explode – Create an object, like dust or a little round ball, that you can explode at any time you want.

Stone – Turn people into stone, usually by looking them in the eye (like Medusa).

Barrier – Create a large barrier, small barrier, shield, so on.

Illusion – Put the person into a dreaming state so that they think what they see is real and they think that they feel everything that is happening even though it isn’t. Usually, this technique can be defeated once the opponent realizes that it’s an illusion.

Sleep – Put anyone and everyone to sleep.

Poison – Make poison to either harm the enemy or enhance your own abilities (however, enhancing your own abilities will give you a damage over time effect).

Archive – The ability to search the web and store information without using a computer.

Time – Control the time of a single object or move yourself through time.

Flatten – Flatten yourself to paper thin against the wall or ground. Used for avoiding detection.

Hearing – Hear things that are very quiet or very far away. Usually used to determine the next move of your opponent.

Speed – Move really fast.

Hair – Control your own hair, whether it’s length or simply using it like a whip or restraint.

Death – Instant death, usually at some cost to the user or else uncontrollable.

Grip – Hold a grip on anything and smash the toughest material with your hand.

Animals – Control animals/turn into an animal/obtain animal-like abilities

Nullification – Nullify any other magic/powers.

Telekinesis – Move things with your mind.

Copy – Make a copy of yourself or copy another’s powers.

Prediction – Predict the future, whether it’s seeing say 3 minutes ahead constantly, or seeing far ahead in one go.

Teleportation – Move from one place to another without taking a step.

Voice – Speak to captivate/control/inspire or use sound waves to break things.

Immortality/Longevity – Live a really long time or forever unless (opt.) killed by a disease or murdered.

 

Weapons:

Knife

Whip

Needles

String

Sword

Dagger

Bow and Arrows

Axe

Boomerang

Cleaver

Staff

Mace

Pike

Gun

Canon

War Hammer

Club

Sword-Breaker

Plug Bayonet

Katar

Glaive

Halberd

Flail

Quoit (or Chakram)

 

For more details about types of weapons, I highly recommend Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor. This book takes you through history from the first weapons all the way to modern weapons from several areas around the world.

 

Other:

Computer Genius – A genius understanding of the way computers work.

Inventions – Quickly invent something preposterous using the things surrounding you.