Daionmyōdō (Great Path of Yin-Yang)

Name of Talent: Daionmyōdō (Great Path of Yin-Yang)



Concept: Onmyōdō is, essentially, a traditional Hisakawan cosmology - a combination of nature, science and occultism. It’s based on the concept of five key elements and Yin-Yang. It’s a practice of spiritually becoming one with these keys and obtaining knowledge, power and enlightenment through them, and a practitioner of this art is called an Onmyōji (Priest of Yin-Yang). They have various purposes - fortune telling for the emperor, exorcism, yōkai hunting; unlike an ordinary one, though, the Daionmyōji is inherent of this innate concept of the building blocks of this world, containing this power and magic from the day they were born and being able to understand its potential the easiest.

The Daionmyōji is able to manifest and bend five nature elements to his will - fire, earth, wood, water and metal. These five building blocks make up this planet, and having control over them grants the practitioner access to splendid spells. Akin to elemental magic, few differences are present between other elemental magic and Daionmyōdō; the practitioner can alter the building blocks of whatever of the five elements that he encounters and swap between the same elements. If he held a rock in his hand, he could turn it into a ball of fire or a huge drop of water within a moment’s notice. The capabilities stretch out as he can also bend the object of said element, change its form entirely and even use it as a tool or weapon. Through effort and training, his mastery can unfold so that he can hold a small key in his hand and transform it into a forest-fire immediately. The user can also use the changing ability to his own advantage and turn the floor into flames and molten rocks, make people drop into pools of water from nowhere, pick people up with huge vines and much more. The transformed elements hold all the affinities and logics of said element, having both their strengths and weaknesses.



Extra(s): The Daionmyōji has a close connection to nature. Animals are more likely to trust and accompany him, and vegetation is more likely to grow around or near his location.



Positive Mechanics:

• The user’s magic is very adept at dealing with spirits and specific monsters of Hisakawan mythology. Those who fall under that category are more affected by his magic.
• The user can bring forth another person’s inner potential forth for a temporary duration; through physical contact, the user can boost one aspect by 1 point temporarily.
• The user can ‘multi-task’ with his elements and bring forth more than one element at a time, fleshing out several performances at once.
• The user can also transform his own body into one of the five elements, only this time transgressing the aforementioned rule about only being able to change said elements to other of the said elements.
• Granted by the enlightenment of this cosmology, the user can ignore gravity and float around or fly.
• The user has the ability to predict a certain outcome in the future of another person. This is done through a special ritual where the user clenches the other’s palm and sinks deep into their spiritual core, finding the truth and bringing it forth (NPCs only, OOC permission if needed for plot reasons).

Negative Mechanics:

• The user is more susceptible to chaotic and dark magic, and he is far more affected by those types of magic. They disrupt the natural balance of Yin-Yang and decrease his access to this magic as well.
• It’s physically unaccepted by the user to play any physically existent boardgame. For some unknown reason, every time the user tries, his body goes numb the moment the game starts and unbearable stomachaches erupt, almost forcing him to vomit even if he hadn’t eaten anything the whole day. It immobilizes him and takes a good 5 minutes to go away.