Magic and Powers

''Tropes about powers and mystical abilities accessible to characters. Take a look at the article on Magic and consider what it is; some claim it's usually a kind of Applied Phlebotinum.''

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Subcategories
 * Elemental Powers
 * Mind Manipulation
 * Power At a Price
 * Ranged Energy Attack Tropes
 * Stock Super Powers
 * Teleportation Tropes
 * This Index Has Magic Properties
 * This Index Is Cursed
 * Wizards and Witches

Kinds of powers:

 * Adaptive Ability
 * Alchemy
 * Animate Dead
 * Anti-Magic
 * Armor-Piercing Attack
 * Art Attacker
 * Art Initiates Life
 * The Assimilator
 * Barrier Warrior
 * Black Mage
 * Black Magic
 * Blood Magic
 * Call On Me
 * Came Back Strong
 * Celebrity Power
 * Chain Lightning
 * Clarke's Third Law
 * Combined Energy Attack
 * Curse
 * The Dark Arts
 * Electronic Telepathy
 * Elemental Punch
 * Emotion Bomb
 * Emotion Eater
 * The Empath
 * Empathic Healer
 * Energy Absorption
 * Energy Ball
 * Fireballs
 * Enlightenment Superpowers
 * Entropy and Chaos Magic
 * Functional Magic
 * I Know Your True Name
 * Language of Magic
 * Hermetic Magic
 * Onmyodo
 * Ritual Magic
 * Vancian Magic
 * Words Can Break My Bones
 * Paper Talisman
 * Fusion Dance
 * Geas
 * Hellfire
 * Hollywood Voodoo
 * Holy Hand Grenade
 * Identity Absorption
 * I Know What You Fear
 * I See Dead People
 * Intangible Man
 * Invisibility
 * Ki Attacks
 * Kill One Others Get Stronger
 * Kung Fu Wizard
 * Living Battery
 * Made of Phlebotinum
 * Magic By Any Other Name
 * Magic Kiss
 * A Magic Contract Comes With a Kiss
 * True Love's Kiss
 * Magic Enhancement
 * Magic Hair
 * Magic Is Mental
 * The Magic Touch
 * Magitek
 * Make a Wish
 * Mundane Wish
 * Selfless Wish
 * Wasteful Wishing
 * Marionette Master
 * People Puppets
 * Master of Your Domain
 * Mental World
 * Merlin Sickness
 * Mundane Utility
 * Musical Assassin
 * No Eye in Magic
 * Open Sesame
 * Parody Magic Spell
 * Power Copying
 * Power Nullifier
 * The Power of Creation
 * The Power of Love
 * Power of Trust
 * Power of the Void
 * Psychic Link
 * Bond Creatures
 * Mindlink Mates
 * Twin Telepathy
 * Psychic Powers
 * Psychic Radar
 * Psychic Surgery
 * Pure Energy
 * The Red Mage
 * Sentient Cosmic Force
 * Solar and Lunar
 * Speak of the Devil
 * Spell Construction
 * Asian Rune Chant
 * Eye of Newt
 * Geometric Magic
 * Magical Gesture
 * Magical Incantation
 * Magic Prerequisite
 * Sphere of Destruction
 * Summon Magic
 * Summon to Hand
 * Supernatural Sensitivity
 * Technopath
 * Turn Undead
 * Unblockable Attack
 * Unholy Nuke
 * Utility Magic
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * Animorphism
 * Totally Not a Werewolf
 * Super Smoke
 * Walking Wasteland
 * Whatevermancy
 * White Mage
 * White Magic
 * Wild Magic
 * Wizards and Witches
 * Yin-Yang Bomb

Ways of establishing and showing powers:

 * Aura Vision
 * Background Magic Field
 * Become Your Weapon
 * Body Snatcher
 * Blasting Time
 * Blood Bath
 * Boxing Lessons for Superman
 * Brainwashed
 * Hypnotize the Princess
 * By the Power of Grayskull
 * Celestial Body
 * Celestial Deadline
 * Charles Atlas Superpower
 * Clap Your Hands If You Believe
 * Coconut Superpowers
 * Crystal Ball
 * Disability Superpower
 * Blind Seer
 * Discard and Draw
 * Eleventh Hour Superpower
 * Emerald Power
 * Full Contact Magic
 * Fireballs
 * God Test
 * How Do I Shot Web
 * Instant Runes
 * Lamarck Was Right
 * Ley Line
 * Life Energy
 * Magi Babble
 * Magic A Is Magic A
 * Magic Dance
 * Magic From Technology
 * Magic Meteor
 * Magic Mirror
 * Magic Missile
 * Magic Music
 * Evil Diva
 * Magic Staff
 * Magic Wand
 * Mana
 * Mineral MacGuffin
 * Mystical Plague
 * Neck Lift
 * New Powers As the Plot Demands
 * Ninety Percent of Your Brain
 * One Hero Hold the Weaksauce
 * One Person One Power
 * Our Ancestors Are Superheroes
 * Personality Powers
 * Place of Power
 * Post Modern Magik
 * Power Born of Madness
 * Power Echoes
 * Power Makes Your Voice Deep
 * Power Overhaul
 * Power-Up
 * Power-Up Food
 * Powers As Programs
 * Powers in The First Episode
 * Pstandard Psychic Pstance
 * Psychic Nosebleed
 * Real Life Super Powers
 * The Rainman
 * Religion Is Magic
 * Re-Power
 * Rewriting Reality
 * Shaping Your Attacks
 * Shockwave Clap
 * Signature Move
 * Simplified Spellcasting
 * Spell Book
 * Sufficiently Analyzed Magic
 * Summoning Ritual
 * Supernatural Is Purple
 * Superpowers for A Day
 * Super Serum
 * Technicolor Fire
 * Thought Controlled Power
 * Un Equal Rites
 * Upgrade Artifact
 * Voodoo Doll
 * Wing Pull
 * With Great Power Comes Great Perks
 * Wizard Beard
 * Wizards Live Longer
 * Wonder Twin Powers
 * Your Mind Makes It Real

Power limitations and catches:

 * Addiction Powered
 * Addictive Magic
 * Bad Powers, Bad People
 * Bad Powers, Good People
 * Black Magic
 * The Dark Side
 * Magic Is Evil
 * Cast From Hit Points
 * Celestial Deadline
 * Curse Escape Clause
 * Death Activated Superpower
 * Defence Mechanism Superpower
 * Equivalent Exchange
 * Fighting Spirit
 * Fights Like a Normal
 * Flight Strength Heart
 * Glamour Failure
 * Gods Need Prayer Badly
 * Good Powers, Bad People
 * Healing Magic Is the Hardest
 * Heart Is an Awesome Power
 * Heroic RROD
 * Hour of Power
 * Hulking Out
 * Inept Mage
 * Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress
 * Involuntary Shapeshifting
 * Lethal Harmless Powers
 * Long Range Fighter
 * Magic Is a Monster Magnet
 * Magic Misfire
 * Malfunction Malady
 * Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
 * A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read
 * Mind Over Manners
 * Muggles Do It Better
 * Mutually Exclusive Magic
 * No Self Buffs
 * Only the Pure of Heart
 * Power Crutch
 * Power Incontinence
 * Power Limiter
 * The Power of Blood
 * Power Strain Blackout
 * Psychic Block Defense
 * Psychic Static
 * Psychoactive Powers
 * Randomly Gifted
 * Required Secondary Powers
 * Restraining Bolt
 * Situational Sword
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Superpower Meltdown
 * Superpower Silly Putty
 * Swiss Army Tears
 * Sympathetic Magic
 * Un Sorcerer
 * Useless Superpowers
 * Virgin Power
 * What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway
 * Willfully Weak
 * Wishplosion
 * Words Do Not Make the Magic

See also:

 * As Lethal As It Needs to Be
 * Apothecary Alligator
 * Cats Are Magic
 * Children Are Special
 * Cosmic Entity
 * Fantasy Character Classes
 * The Force Is Strong With This One
 * Genie in A Bottle
 * Freeing the Genie
 * Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality
 * Inverse Law of Complexity to Power
 * I Thought Everyone Could Do That
 * Made of Magic
 * Mage Killer
 * Magic Carpet
 * Magical Girl
 * Cute Witch
 * Dark Magical Girl
 * Magical Girl Warrior
 * Magic Idol Singer
 * Magical Native American
 * Magic Mushroom
 * Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
 * Power Levels
 * Power Perversion Potential
 * Reality Changing Miniature
 * Ring of Power
 * Secret Art
 * A Wizard Did It
 * Wrong Context Magic