MAGIC AND COMBAT

[attr="class","staffposttitle"]ABILITIES

[attr="class","staffpost"]The section will walk you through how to create an ability. Abilities on Fairy Tail: Breakthrough are kept simple and forward in order to eliminate confusion or the need to do copious amounts of math during fights. Let's look at the first part of an ability: its type.

ATTACK - Offensive abilities that deal damage.
DEFENSE - Defensive abilities that block, negate or evade damage.
HYBRID - Abilities that are able to both deal damage and block and negate damage. These abilities are always instant use and do not persist afterwards. These abilities rank down by one class (e.g. A C-Class Hybrid ability would function like a D-Class ability damage/defense wise). Hybrid abilities aren't available until C-Class.
SUPPORT - Supportive abilities that heal, provide buffs or used for general utility. Healing abilities are only for support-based magics (for example -- you aren’t going to cauterize wounds as a fire mage.)

When you submit an ability, make sure to give it an appropriate tag. In some instances, an ability can both attack and defend. However, in this instance, the ability is treated one class lower than usual. For example, if you have an Hybrid ability and you’re C-Class, it’ll function as if you are D-Class. Hybrid abilities aren’t available until C-Class.

The next big part of the ability is the description. Keep the description as simple yet informative as possible. All you need to do is tell what the ability does, the type of damage it causes, not the extent (cutting, blunt, burning, etc) and the range (short, medium, long, very long). Don’t add specific numbers or dimensions; we don’t want to turn your ability into a physics lecture. Now, there are ways for you to customize your abilities even further with mods. Mods are things like making a ability do AoE damage or making it do increased damage. However, if you do this, please realize that there are trade-offs. AoE attacks tend to do less damage than usual; increased damage attacks require more MP to use. Ability mods are described below.

Also, basic and minor feats with magic do not require a ability. If you are a fire mage, it is possible for you to manipulate fire and produce it to a minor degree. However, making large fireballs, fire spears and fire beams would require actual abilities. Dragon, God and Devil Slayers are a little bit different; since their whole specialty is weaving elemental magic with their body, they are able to do basic elemental punches, kicks and what not without the use of an ability. Basic magical and physical attacks do not go by the same damage table as abilities, but it'll be assumed that they generally do less damage than actual abilities. So, at most -- your basic magical and physical attacks do minor damage for clean/direct hits; however, they can do moderate damage in EXTREME differences in strength (only if the class difference between you and your target is two class or more).

For simplicity’s sake, your abilities are the same level of your class except in special instances (Hybrid abilities being one example). The amount of damage that your abilities can inflict is determined by your own class and the class of the target. Keep in mind that the damages listed are the MAXIMUM amount a certain ability can inflict assuming a clean, direct hit. It is very possible for attacks to deal less than their maximum depending on the situation. Also, whenever you rank up, your abilities rank up with you.



DAMAGE DETAILS.

Minor - Light bruising, light cuts, first degree burns
Moderate - Nasty bruises, lacerations, second-degree burns
Heavy - Cracked bones, large lacerations and wounds, worse second-degree burns
Severe - Broken bones, gaping lacerations and wounds, third degree burns
Lethal - Shattered bones, organ destruction and limb removal, fourth degree burns



Mods are different ways for you to diversify your ability whether it’s making your ability an AoE, making it have increased damage, giving it increased range or allowing it to inflict different status ailments on opponent. However, some mods have trade-offs associated with them and they’ll be listed below. All abilities have TWO mods slots attached to them. Plus, some mods cannot be matched with others; if that’s the case, it’ll be noted in the mod’s description.

AOE. The ability does area-of-effect damage either centered around the user or the ability itself. Lowers damage by one rank. Can't be combined with Increased Damage.

AILMENTS. The ability inflicts some sort of status effect like coughing, headache, vomiting, hallucinations, etc. An ability is able to have one ailment per mod slot; ailments last for three posts.

BARRIER. This mod allows a defensive ability to act as a constant shield until it is broken; lasts for three posts. Lowers ability rank by one. Can only be used for DEFENSE abilities.

DAMAGE OVER TIME. The ability deals damage over time instead of all at once over a period of three posts. For example, a B-Class DoT ability would deal C-Class damage over a period of three posts. Lowers damage by one rank.

DEBUFFS. The ability lowers one of the affected target's stats (strength, speed or durability) by one rank. For example, if a C-Class mage is affected by a strength debuff, they'd only be as strong as a D-Class mage. Debuffs last for three posts; only ONE debuff per ability. Lowers damage by one rank. Debuffs don't affect targets that are at least two ranks higher than the user.

DURABILITY BOOST. The ability boosts the affected mage’s durability by one rank, allowing them to take less damage from attacks (C-Class mage would have the durability of a B-Class mage). Only for SUPPORT abilities. Lasts for three posts. Increases MP cost by 2. Takes up TWO mod slots.

FLIGHT. The ability allows a character to achieve flight. Unless the mage has wings or any natural physical characteristic that allows flight, a SUPPORT ability is required in order to fly. Outside of combat, there is no defined limit to how high someone can fly, but be fair with the flying while in combat; no flying one thousand feet up in the air where literally no one or nothing can reach you. Also, outside of combat, no flying up into space or anything silly like that either.

HEALING. The ability is able to heal injuries and ailments depending on the user's class. Only usable for SUPPORT abilities. Takes up TWO mod slots. MP cost depends on severity of injury.

REFLECTION. The ability is able to reflect an attack back at its target so long as the attack’s rank equals the ability’s rank. Only usable with DEFENSE abilities. Lowers ability rank by one.

INCREASED DAMAGE. The ability does one rank of damage higher than usual (an increased damage ability used by a B-Class mage would be an A-Class damage wise). Adds a ONE POST preparation period to the ability. During this prep period, no other abilities can be used; this means for THE ENTIRE post. Only for ATTACK abilities. Can't be combined with AoE.

PARALYSIS. The ability renders the affected body part(s) completely unusable. Abilities cannot paralyze limbs that they do not touch. Paralysis lasts for two posts. Lowers damage by one rank. Cannot be used in conjunction with Stun.

STRENGTH BOOST. The ability boosts the affected mage’s strength by one rank (C-Class mage would have the physical strength of a B-Class mage). Only for SUPPORT abilities. Lasts for three posts. Increases MP cost by 2. Takes up TWO mod slots.

SPEED BOOST. The ability boosts the affected mage’s speed by one rank (C-Class mage would have the same speed of a B-Class mage). Only for SUPPORT abilities. Lasts for three posts. Increases MP cost by 2. Takes up TWO mod slots.

STUN. The ability stuns the affected target, rendering them unable to move. A stunned target is still able to use magic. Stuns last for one post. Stuns cannot be used until C-Class. Lowers damage by one rank. Cannot be used in conjunction with Paralysis.



Passives are physical or mental capabilities that do not need to be consciously maintained. Examples of passives are an Amateratsu mage being able to form hand signs extremely quickly or an Eye mage having innate heightened eyesight. Passives cannot deal damage in any way, shape or form, and they can't provide passive boost to stats (strength, speed or durability). Passive defenses or healing are not allowed either.

Passives are unavailable at D-Class.



Defensive abilities can be used to defend against or evade a single attack of equal rank to the user, two attacks that are one rank lower than the user and three attacks that are two ranks lower than the user; any attacks lower will simply do no damage to the shield. They can also be used to defend against or evade a single attack of one class higher than the user; however, it only pushes the damage down by one class. For example, if the attack would’ve dealt severe (broken bones, gaping lacerations, third degree burns) damage, it would deal heavy damage instead.



Healing abilities are able to heal certain wounds and injuries depending on the class of the user. Healing abilities can never be used or made with non-support based magic (for example, cauterizing wounds with fire or lightning elemental magic is a no-go). Healing wounds of the same rank take two posts to complete; depending on the severity of the wound, a different amount of MP is needed. Light wounds take 1 MP to heal; moderate and heavy wounds take 2 MP to heal; severe and lethal wounds take 3 MP to heal. Healing wounds are done ONE AT A TIME, not all together at once. Passive healing abilities are not allowed. If the cast is interrupted, then the healing is interrupted too.