Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25814498-20150505201606/@comment-5780397-20150506082659

Name: Swords From The Grave

Nen Type: Conjuration, Transmutation, Manipulation

Description: A mid-range ability that I would activate only if hand-to-hand combat is not sufficient or, if facing an Enhancer, I can't beat him by just Materializing a staff (fighting with my bare hands would be my preferred style, but since Conjurers are moderately far from Enhancement, a staff would be the best weapon against enemies who are physically stronger than me). First, I Conjure a staff and, using Manipulation, I make it to levitate in my proximity. Then I give cutting properties to the aura it is infused with, causing it to give off a blue, fiery light, in a will-o'-the-wisp fashion, and turning it in an actual blade. The staff will automatically intercept any attack that I am aware of or that is not concealed with In, endowing me with a defense that leaves no blind spots.

If I choose to sacrifice this automatic defense, I can also move the staff telepatically through hand gestures, using it to attack from a safe distance, or even hurling it at a speed comparable to that of a bullet.

If I decide to focus entirely on offense, I can completely disengage Manipulation to wield it normally, thus focusing better on Transmutation and Enhancement. Obviously, I am impervious to its cutting effect.

I usually employ three staves in this ability.

Limitations: 

My limitations are set so that I can't violate them in any case, rather than incurring in a severe backlash if I do. Besides, this is a very wearing ability, so I can't use it many times in a row or for a long time.

1) I can't Conjure more than three staves at once (currently).

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">2) I can't give cutting properties to my aura without channeling it through one of the staves I Conjure, which means I'm unable, for instance, to cut things with my hands alone or with an already existing object.

<p style="line-height:16.5pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">3)  <span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">The staves are not indestructible, so someone skilled enough in Enhancement could break them. To avoid this, I'd need to consciously control them and use more than one to block the same attack.

<p style="line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">4) If a staff is more than 4 meters away from me in any direction, I become unable to Manipulate it.

<p style="line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">5) As mentioned above, attacks that I don't sense AND that are hidden with In cannot be paired automatically.

<p style="line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">6)  <span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">Furthermore, the staves can't block attacks faster than they are, or non-physical attacks (e.g. poison, fire...).

<p style="line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">7) I can't activate any other Hatsu while Ghost Swords is active.