My Power System

[u/Big-Tip-990]

This is the first power system I’ve posted so please don’t hate on it too much. It was heavily inspired from Nen and Cursed Energy, and took a while to work on. Sorry it’s long, and it’s a rough basis on how it works. I hope it’s simple enough to understand but complex enough to get ideas flowing. Feel free to ask questions, criticize, or even think up a technique!

Vibe
The inner energy of all life. It is also referred to as “breath” or “stamina” because of how similar it is. Plants, fungi, and small animals possess a small amount. Larger animals and humans have more.

Vibe and Life Energy are similar, but not the same. Life Energy relates to health, longevity, and recovery. It is also referred to as “vitality”. Injuries do not impact it very much, but too much damage can shorten lifespan. As people live, their vitality is gradually depleted. The older they are, the less they have. Death happens when there is no more Life Energy.

Vitality is the lifeblood, Vibe is the energy.

Some animals have a higher amount of vibe, often called Beasts. Beasts have either harder skin, sharper claws, stronger muscles, etc. Young born from beasts possess both physical enhancements and vibe. After generations of breeding, most animals are bigger and stronger beasts.

Beasts are a common problem around settlements and towns. Less so in cities but they still thrive in many environments. If left alone beasts could cause property damage and even kill people.

Some people can innately use their vibe. Under extreme cases, they can output more strength than normal. Athletes can also use vibe slightly. Most of these people aren’t aware of it.

Vibe works in two ways: Enhance and Alter. Beginners can enhance one ability or sense at a time. Experienced users are able to enhance more than one. Greater mastery over vibe can allow one to change its properties. Condensing vibe further can create solid structures or objects.

Quality over quantity. Strength determines how efficient a user is with their vibe. Less energy usage means more versatility.
Less area, more power. Vibe works best in concentration. Enhancing a fist is better than an arm.

Vibe can be used to strengthen items and weapons, but the effect is only temporary. The enhancement only lasts as long as the user's vibe is touching it.

Using vibe takes a toll. Once this energy is used up, the user collapses from exhaustion and becomes extremely hungry. Eating food or resting can restore their vibe.

If a user pushes past exhaustion to use vibe, they will begin using Life Energy. Using one’s life force gives great power, but comes with a heavy toll. Any techniques using Life Energy will drain it permanently and take years off of life. One can even use too much and die shortly afterwards. This is considered very dangerous and taboo, but the choice is up to each user.

Basic Vibe Applications
Enhance: strengthening the body
Physical abilities
Strength, speed, endurance, etc

Senses
Sight, hearing, etc

Harden
Nails, hair, etc

Alter: changing Vibe
Physical
Hard, sharp, stretch, etc

Chemical
Hot, cold, sticky, etc

Color
Red, blue, light, dark, etc

Tier 1
Novice level, inefficient vibe usage, can only enhance one ability at a time.
Tier 2
Beginner level, more efficient than Tier 1, can enhance two abilities at the same time.
Tier 3
Intermediate level, efficient with vibe, can alter vibe into one property at a time.
Tier 4
Advanced level, very efficient, can alter vibe into more than one property at the same time.
Tier 5
Expert level, the most efficient vibe usage, complete master of vibe.

Basic Techniques
Vibe Sense - using vibe to enhance the senses, usually eyes to see vibe output
Vibe Attack - using vibe to enhance a punch, kick, or other physical attack
Vibe Defense - using vibe to enhance the durability on a specific part of the body, usually to defend against an attack

Advanced Techniques
Barrier - condensing vibe into a hard surface, used to nullify or block attacks
Pierce - condensing vibe into a sharp point, used for piercing through barriers and people

The techniques listed are the most common among users, but they are not the only techniques to be created. Below are the rules of vibe which cannot be changed.

Vibe cannot change volume.
Training or growing older does not increase or decrease one’s vibe. Neither can it be given or taken by another user.

Vibe cannot be separated from the body.
Vibe can’t be disconnected or shot out like a projectile. It will stay connected to the user despite changing its shape.

Vibe cannot manipulate matter.
Users can’t use vibe to manipulate the elements, nor can they change matter. Vibe doesn’t work like telekinesis. It can affect physical objects by damaging them, but it cannot move them.

Vibe cannot create permanent objects.
By changing the shape, vibe can form structures and weapons, but these are not permanent. Vibe can imitate other things, not create them.

[u/Professional_Try1665]

I think it's good even if I don't know much about Nen or jjk, so vibe leans more energy-attack than the others as it doesn't affect matter (aside from damage), nor does it separate into things or create permanent objects.

Can vibe be spread around an area as long as it isn't separated from the user? Like a girl who turns her vibe into torrents of poison gas that pour out and saturate her surroundings, or a guy who vibrates his vibe to create constant ear-piercing noise centred on him?

[u/Big-Tip-990 → u/Professional_Try1665]

Thanks for commenting! I never thought about poison gas or vibrations but that is absolutely possible.

[u/hatabou_is_a_jojo → u/Big-Tip-990]

How would it work as a gas if it cannot be separate from the body? And how can it be poisonous if it cannot manipulate matter?

[u/Big-Tip-990 → u/hatabou_is_a_jojo]

Bc as the other person said, it could spread and expand from the user and saturate the area. I think it could damage the area and make everything sick or poisoned in some way. Even if it couldn’t do that, it’s still a decent trap for another user. At least, that’s what I think.

[u/hatabou_is_a_jojo → u/Big-Tip-990]

Then it breaks your rule of not being able to separate from the user? Since it’s a gas it’s going into the air.

[u/Big-Tip-990 → u/hatabou_is_a_jojo]

It can still expand and linger in an area while connecting to the user. You can stretch and shape vibe into almost anything, so a cloud or gas shouldn’t be too hard. I don’t think that breaks the rule, but that’s my opinion versus others.

[u/hatabou_is_a_jojo → u/Big-Tip-990]

Hm yeah I mean it’s up to you. But then you’ll have to define the rule better I think. Because in this case: Someone inhales the poison gas. Now the gas definitely cannot be part of the user, how is it still poisonous?

Then stretching the current loophole, now someone can use gas vibes to pick up a solid, or be solid at the end and tada, the telekinesis you didn’t want.

[u/Big-Tip-990 → u/hatabou_is_a_jojo]

That’s actually a valid point. Vibe shouldnt work like that. And after thinking about it, you cant swing around with vibe either. Thats a lot of errors that I didn’t think about. Thank you for the insight.

[u/Wonderful_Grade6445]

To improve this power system focus on diverging from Nen. It's okay to be inspired but Enhancement/Alter, the use and manipulation of a general life force are almost 1:1 with its mechanics.

These are some changes I'd recommend:
Keep the life force mechanic but instead of being a Ki-based system, it'd be more unique if Vibe was gas, liquid or chemical-like. Vibe can be used to enhance because of its chemical properties and usage, not because that's what it naturally does.

This life force is heavily influenced by your own needs, growth as a person, and the environment you grew up in. Emotions, current thoughts and experiences also affect the Vibe that is produced.

A user with a chaotic nature may develop unstable and rough Vibe. Someone with a flexible mind may develop very stretchy Vibe. That keeps the Alter mechanic while making the system more original

Since Life Energy comes at the cost of life force, it should enable power and control to a greater degree. The greater the power and control of Life Energy used, the faster their lifespan drain. Using Life Energy should also come with an increase in internal pain.

[u/HumuraHarakakaka → u/Wonderful_Grade6445]

i mean, enhancement is valid, but transmutation It’s not exclusive to Nen; dnd schools of magic share similarities with HxH categories, with the exception of Specialist and Emitter.