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* The Dragon Quest series has grown to include an enormous variety of buffing magic spells and abilities, such as Bikill/Oomph (doubles one character's attack power for a while, but they can't get critical hits), Upper/Buff and Increase/Kabuff (raise one ally's defense, or the party's defense), SpeedUp/Acceleratle (boost the party's agility), Barrier/Insulatle (protect the party from fire and ice), and Bounce (create a barrier that reflects magic spells cast on the target). In earlier games, many monsters and some AI-controlled characters could spend a turn gathering their strength, in order to make their next attack stronger. Later on this ability was made available to your characters, as Psyche Up. Dragon Quest VIII made it even better by allowing you to Psyche Up multiple times to build up even more power, eventually giving you the appearance of having Super Saiyan hair, as can be largely expected because of the character designer being Akira Toriyama. |
* The Dragon Quest series has grown to include an enormous variety of buffing magic spells and abilities, such as Bikill/Oomph (doubles one character's attack power for a while, but they can't get critical hits), Upper/Buff and Increase/Kabuff (raise one ally's defense, or the party's defense), SpeedUp/Acceleratle (boost the party's agility), Barrier/Insulatle (protect the party from fire and ice), and Bounce (create a barrier that reflects magic spells cast on the target). In earlier games, many monsters and some AI-controlled characters could spend a turn gathering their strength, in order to make their next attack stronger. Later on this ability was made available to your characters, as Psyche Up. Dragon Quest VIII made it even better by allowing you to Psyche Up multiple times to build up even more power, eventually giving you the appearance of having Super Saiyan hair, as can be largely expected because of the character designer being Akira Toriyama. |
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So how would the superpower that increases powers compare to a video game buff? |
So how would the superpower that increases powers especially to the point of [[Power Incontinence]] compare to a video game buff? What video games buffs can cause Power Incontinence? |
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Now then, Power Buff is supposed to be about meta-superpower such as [[Power Limiter]] (a trope about limiting power), [[Power Parasite]] (a trope about absorbing power), and [[Power Nullifier]] (a trope about nullifying powers), where each describes how they weaken power from a character. So, do you consider those other trope about other powers to be debuffs like in video games? Because Power Buff is about a meta-superpower where it increases power, like how these other tropes debilitate powers. Here is a prime example of what it describes: |
Now then, Power Buff is supposed to be about meta-superpower such as [[Power Limiter]] (a trope about limiting power), [[Power Parasite]] (a trope about absorbing power), and [[Power Nullifier]] (a trope about nullifying powers), where each describes how they weaken power from a character. So, do you consider those other trope about other powers to be debuffs like in video games? Because Power Buff is about a meta-superpower where it increases power, like how these other tropes debilitate powers. Here is a prime example of what it describes: |
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