Phantom Blade
Phantom Blade
Specialist/conjuration/manipulation
First time posting here and my knowledge of nen maybe not entirely accurately, I have designed the ability to be quite strong but let me know any tweaks needed to it to make it fairer, better or even possible if needed, thanks!
Also should add I remember seeing a hatsu like this ages ago but can’t quite remember what it was called so if you have seen something similar that will be it.
When activating the ability the user conjures a katana that has a normal hilt but the blade is seemingly see through but still noticeable even to non nen users.
The katana does no physical damage to
the opponent but saps their aura thus making them weaker. The aura the katana takes also provides fuel for the ability.
There are 3 stages to the ability which are based on the amount of aura taken from the opponent and the more aura taken is in relation to how much damage they would have taken from a regular swing of a katana, for visual reasons the sword would simply pass through someone’s neck but this amount of damage would result in enough aura being taken that the 3rd stage would immediately set in, haven’t really got a gauge of what percent of damage would be needed to active each stage but would love help with that, possibly percentage based on the aura taken?
The first stage:
Makes the katana become a deep dark red and the user now has the ability to view the opponents memories and gain insight into what their hatsu may be.
The second stage:
Once more fighting has been taken place and more damage/aura taken the second stage occurs, the blade becomes completely black and the user can now gain insight into their current thoughts which in battle allows them to gain insight into their movements giving slight predicative abilities.
The third and final stage:
Now the sword is surrounded by a slight deep fog and red skulls float within the blade. At this point in the ensuing battle the opponent would have usually taken enough to damage to be near death and the user can now cast illusions within the opponents mind, effectively acting as the win condition. These illusions are strengthened by the fact the user had knowledge of their memories as they can cast illusions of loved ones etc.
The lack of damage the sword does is counteracted by the fact the sword makes the opponents aura weaker and exhausts them instead of doing physical damage.
Let me know what you think of it and if the hatsu is even possible in the realms of nen!