[GUIDE] WTF IS A NATURAL ABILITY and more!

[Baneful]

Natural Ability Change Request
Character Name: Zar
Character Race: Demon
Character Subspecies: Incubus
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities:
Natural Ability Y1 >> Business Sense - Zar can read books or documents simply by touching them and likewise can fill them in without even being required to read.
Proposed New Natural Ability:
>> Touch of Empathy - On contact with another being, Zar can sense and detect their emotions and emotional state. (subject to OOC player approval)
Reason: Zar has decided to embrace his true nature as an Incubus rather than subverting his natural empathetic inclinations into the written word, he intends to instead pursue the much more naturally Incubus avenue of emotional interpretation.  

[phantompanther13]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Andrew
Character Race: Demon
Character Subspecies: flame demon
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Fireballz: Whew is it getting super hot in here? Fire demons can not only emit heat but also light, creating small fireballs in their hands without even the need to evoke their Fear
What Year Is Your Character Now?: year 2
Natural Ability Request:
Fire control: At year two he can now direct fire to go in a chosen direction for a short distance. This includes being able to put out flames as he finds necessary. (and he does often)  

[chirigami]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Maple Halina Ziege
Character Race: Reaper
Character Subspecies: Witch
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Broom Flight - One of the few things that comes with ease, Maple is able to fly on her broom at low altitudes as well as hover in place for long periods of time on her broom.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Basic Spell Casting - with a little more stabilized FEAR core, Maple can actually perform some simple elemental spells; small sparks to catch something on fire (her's come in the color red) and potentially animate small objects, ect. These will be extremely small and used only for RP purposes. (AyeAvast mentioned dice rolls, I'm, copying her approach to this.)  

[chirigami]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Olivia
Character Race: Undead
Character Subspecies: Wight
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Cold Acclimation - as a Wight, Olivia is able to keep her body temperature at cool levels to keep herself from rotting. She can adapt it depending on where she is physically and also what she's wearing.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Cold Readjustment - an extension of her cold acclimation, Olivia is able to expel cold around her, giving a colder presence about her. And with enough concentration, able to leave a little bit of frost around her (a small area, couple of feet at most and it dispels quickly).  

[Inle-roo]

Natural Ability Change Request
Character Name: Taima
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Thunderbird
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Shapeshift: from natural form -> humanoid form
Proposed New Natural Ability: Rainmaker: a thunderbird can create a cloud that has a maximum diameter of whatever their current wingspan is that is capable of producing rain. This cloud can only be formed in the thunderbird's line of sight and will dissipate naturally unless weather conditions exist that can sustain it (i.e. it will fade on its own on a sunny day, but might stick around if it's already raining).
Reason: It makes a lot more sense than her current y1 natural ability, and would be ++fun to play 3nodding  

[Cheekiebirdiee]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Spinar
Character Race: Demon
Character Subspecies: Frost Demon
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Cold Chills: The air seems to freeze around them whenever they move. It is said that if you come into direct contact with a frost demon's skin you could be frozen solid.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Ice Golems: Spinar can create 2-3 golems at a time that range from 1-2 feet tall. They don't do much aside from general mischief and cleaning up things, since they lack a real brain to follow much more than simple commands and only have a few minutes of life before inevitably melting.  

[LuckyCat777]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Rhiannon
Character Race: Reaper
Character Subspecies: Witch
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities:
Minor Spellcasting- she isn't very advanced, but she can do simple tasks such as lighting a candle, enchanting her pencil to draw by itself, creating a handful of water, etc.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Basic Magic: Thanks to her new wand, Rhiannon has a better focus on her spellcasting, enabling her to create a greater amount of elemental magic (a bucket of water, small fire...) and lifting/enchanting anything smaller than a chair.

Basically an upgrade, Magician's Apprentice-style~  

[PhiferWolf]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Uru'baen
Character Race: Demon
Character Subspecies: Hellhound
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities:
Shapeshift: Taking on the form of a large quadraped (capable of being bi-pedal) black canine, and with it; the heightened sense of smell and hearing.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request:
Soothe - An ability that is activated by touch that temporary displaces one's feelings of fear, anxiety, sadness, and pain to calm an individual, but all of that returns slowly when the contact is broken.

IC!backstory: As a cocytus hellhound, they are the ones who guide the dead to their end, thus calming them so they could face it.  

[Kaefaux]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Agsilved
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Ink Dragon
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Ink Control - The most prominent feature of an ink dragon is simply that the majority of their body is composed of ink. They maintain a great deal of control over the substance their body produces, a trait that Agsil has maintained in her humanoid form. Her claws--fingernails, toenails, and even the claws on her wings--drip ink from underneath. Or in the case of her wing claws, from slender tubes within them. The drip is sluggish at best, and easy enough to clean up. Agsilved is able to control the flow to increase it--such as pressing a claw to paper and using it like a fountain pen. For her first year, the extent of her ability is to increase or decrease the flow of her ink. She can decrease the flow from small wounds, however larger gashes she has little influence over.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Increased Ink Control - [Upgrade to Y1] Agsilved's control over her ink has continued to grow past just her ability to increase or decrease the flow of the ink from her claws and even minor injuries. Now capable of increasing the flow into a much heavier one, she is able to manipulate the ink into semi-solid shapes. Fluid clothing is the most common, but simple abstract shapes for showing off or flicking at others is possible. Afraid she'll stain your clothing? Provided her ink is still wet, she can pull it back from the surface she's hit... to varying degrees of success of getting it all, though.  

[poke mattix]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Pokerus
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Water Dragon
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Shapeshifting (Y1), Draconic Strength(Y2)
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Alumni
Natural Ability Request: Shapeshifting Tier 2: Pokerus is now able to shift her appearance to look more human, getting rid of ear fins, horns, tail, claws, etc. While she'll probably fool regular humans, hunters and teachers will still be able to pick her out (she'll retain some slight monster characteristics like sharp nails and pronounced canine teeth)  

[Ephebe]

Natural Ability Change Request
Character Name: Leo
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Mare
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Mares are able to paralyze any creature by sitting on their chest; provided that they have one, of course. This tends to be an irresistible lure when passing by any person conveniently lying down, making for some very awkward sleep-overs.
Proposed New Natural Ability: Mares can make themselves heavier at will by bringing down more gravity on themselves.
Reason: The old one was a bit too specific and never really came up in RP - I'd like something a bit more applicable in everyday situations! I think the new one fits the theme of the old one, without the op-ness of being able to paralyze someone.


Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Leo
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Mare
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Mares can make themselves heavier at will by bringing down more gravity on themselves.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Year Two
Natural Ability Request: Leo is able to manipulate her own hair at will (for example undoing her locs to make regular curls, etc).  

[Lithiasaur]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Hadaya
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Griffin
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: --
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y1
Natural Ability Request:
Intimidation Factor: Griffins from Hadaya's clan have feather ruffs around their neck that can be fluffed up to make them look larger/more imposing when a boost of much needed confidence is needed.