BlackWands RPG World
Soul Power
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Soul Power, the ability to draw forth the powers from your own soul and enhance your physical or spiritual abilities.
Soul Power is not considered a Magical Force that other magic can interact with.
It is said Soul Power is an extension of your normal abilities, multiplied by your inner spiritual strength.

Power points

All living or dead creatures who have a soul, that includes undead, can learn to use Soul Power.

In Soul Power you have a pool that sets the limit for how much and how many powers you can use in a given day.
This pool is based on your class HD type. D10 for Fighters, D4 for Wizards, etc.

If you become a half-dragon (D12) or undead (D12) you will still use your old HD type (D4, D10, etc) for calculating your power points.

As an example, a 3rd level Fighter would get 30 points (3x10).
If he also added 6 levels of Wizard, he would receive 24 (6x4) points more, to a total of 54 points.

The HD dice type represents the effort put into the area of combat and the martial arts.
A Fighter puts more effort in this area than a Rogue for example.

Note: Once you have calculated the points from the characters HD, double it (x2)!

Skills and bonuses

I am now introducing a new skill, the 'Soul Power' skill.
This skill is cross-class for all classes as default.

This skill is not based on any of your abilities. A skill, such as Listen receives a bonus from Wisdom.
The Soul Power skill does not have such a bonus / key value.

Surge and powers

Surge is the word for the actual release of power into a physical or spiritual spell-like effect.
To Surge you have to invest the required amount of points into the power, or more if you want to increase the power output.

It is your rank in the skill that decides what powers you have access to.
The more knowledgeable you are, the more advanced powers do you know.
Once you know it, you only have to invest your points and Surge the power!

You rank in this skill is also at which rate you generate your points, per day.
If you have 13 in rank, you will get back 13 points over the night, when you get at least 6 hours of rest.

There are two kinds of areas to the powers; Physical and spiritual powers.
While physical can increase your strenght, speed, weight, and anything else related to physics, spiritual are powers that belong to your soul.
Spiritual Jump is an example of a spiritual power. You move your physical body over to the spiritual plane and can move a longer distance in a very short time.Much like a Dimension Door spell.