User:Psilaq Remake/Ability name selection
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Ability naming is to be done carefully and with premeditation.
About
Follow these guidelines when naming an ability which was not explicitly named in canon continuity.
Prefixes
"Enhanced" is the prefix used when one of the users' systems is greater than the normal limits.
- Enhanced hearing, Dale Smither's ability to hear far beyond normal human limits.
- Enhanced memory, Charlie Andrews and Matt Neuenberg's ability to quickly absorb and accurately retain large amounts of information.
- Enhanced strength, the ability to exert much more physical force than normal.
Suffixes
"-Kinesis" the most commonly suggested name for any ability under the sun, hence why it is at the top of this list. Contrary to popular belief, one can't simply add the "-kinesis" suffix to the end of any Latin/Greek prefix and create an accurate name for an ability. In reality, this system almost never works. Anywho, -kinesis is used when the user manipulates something
- Pyrokinesis, the ability to create and manipulate fire.
- Telekinesis, the ability to move objects with the mind.
Mimicry is used when the user takes on the characteristics of another person or thing.
- Empathic mimicry, Peter Petrelli's ability to replicate powers through empathy.
- Metal mimicry, Danny Pine's ability to transmute his own flesh into metal.
- Water mimicry, the "Liquid man", Elisa and Donald's ability to mimic the properties of water.
-Pathy is a suffix used when the user can communicate with an outside entity.
- Telepathy, Matt and Maury Parkman's ability to remotely control the functions of the brain.
- Technopathy, Micah Sanders's ability to communicate with and manipulate electronic technology.
- Empathic mimicry, Peter Petrelli's ability to replicate powers through empathy.
Manipulation is used when the user can control other things.
- Dream manipulation, Sanjog's ability to control the dreams of others.
- Electric manipulation, Elle's ability to generate electricity.
- Empathic manipulation, Syn Anders's ability to manipulate others' emotions through touch.
- Gravitational manipulation, Stephen Canfield's ability to create deadly vortices.
- Mental manipulation, the Haitian's ability to erase the memories of others and block the usage of other abilities.
- Plant manipulation, Lewis's ability to control and manipulate vegetation.
- Space-time manipulation, the ability to alter the space-time continuum.
- Sound manipulation, the ability possessed by Echo and Jesse to control and manipulate sound waves.
Emission is the suffix used when the user of an ability expels a substance or force from their body.
- Laser emission, Michael's ability to shoot a blue beam of intensified light from his fingers.
- Microwave emission, Luke Campbell's ability to emit highly intensified microwave rays.
- Nerve gas emission, the Manhattan target's the ability to excrete a toxic nerve gas when he sweats.
- Poison emission, Maya's ability to expel a poison which infects those in a certain vicinity.
Absorption is the suffix used when the user affects an outside force by drawing it into their own body.
- Aura absorption, Linda Tavara's ability to see auras and take others lives.
- Electrical absorption, The Teenage patient's ability to absorb and subsequently release electrical arcs.
- Power absorption, Arthur Petrelli's ability to take others' abilities through physical contact.
- Sound absorption, A Company agent's ability to absorb and nullify sound waves.