Power Modification

Shiranui Hansode (Medaka Box) can alter skills.

Background

Power Modification is the ability to alter, reshape, or interfere with the functions of other abilities. Unlike Power Nullification, which erases or disables powers, or Statistics Amplification, which only strengthens or weakens them, Power Modification actively changes how an ability works. This can include transforming one power into another, changing the way it manifests, or even forcing it to behave in unintended ways.

For example, a user may take someone’s Superhuman Strength and redirect it into Superhuman Speed, convert Fire Manipulation into Light Manipulation, or twist a defensive barrier into an offensive weapon. This ability requires direct interference with the very nature of a power, making it one of the most versatile and dangerous forms of power interaction.

Possible Applications

• Ability Restructuring: Change one ability into another (e.g., strength → speed, flight → teleportation).
• Elemental Conversion: Alter the nature of elemental powers (e.g., turning Water Manipulation into Ice Manipulation).
• Function Distortion: Shift how a power operates (e.g., a healing ability instead inflicts damage, or invisibility instead makes the target glow brightly).
• Temporary Alteration: Modify an ability only for a limited time before it reverts back.
• Permanent Modification: Fundamentally rewrite the nature of an ability indefinitely.
• Adaptive Modification: Change powers to counter enemies (e.g., converting an opponent’s Energy Projection into harmless light).

Practical Uses

• Neutralizing dangerous powers without outright removing them.
• Creating unexpected advantages by reshaping enemy abilities mid-battle.
• Giving allies new powers or altering their existing ones to fit combat needs.
• Disrupting predictable power sets by forcing them to act in unfamiliar ways.
• Reprogramming or evolving one’s own abilities for versatility.

Potential Types

• Partial Modification: Only alters certain aspects of an ability (range, scale, duration, etc.).
• Complete Modification: Fundamentally rewrites the ability into something else entirely.
• Voluntary Modification: The user modifies their own powers to adapt.
• Involuntary Modification: Forces changes upon others’ abilities without their consent.
• Adaptive Modification: Automatically shifts powers into a form best suited for a given situation.

Possible Limitations

• May require direct contact with the target’s ability.
• Some abilities (such as Biological Immortality or fundamental forces) may resist modification.
• Complex or divine powers may be too difficult to alter.
• Overuse may cause strain, backfire, or instability in both the target and the user.
• Modified powers may not always work as intended or could become uncontrollable.

Users

• Hansode Shiranui (Medaka Box)
• Palutena (Kid Icarus)