Miraculous rewrite: Power-system
Hey guys, this is a follow-up from my previous posts comment section, where I was talking about my Miraculous’s rewrites power system. Mostly making this since it’s a bit confusing, so I hope that I’ve explained it well here 😅😅😅
To start things off, Kwami are still the physical manifestation of concepts, and the Miraculous are still the objects that let them exist physically. After the destruction of the temple, the only remaining Miraculous that survived were the main seven (shown in the above photo)
Each Miraculous grants a base power that everyone of its holders can use universally, and an additional power that’s customisable to the user (using Ladybug as the example, her Lucky Charm is the base power, while her Reset ability is the custom power). Other heroes can share the same power, like how Mister Bug can also reset damage, but they are forever locked into using just that power
Both base and custom powers are broken up further into two categories; single-use and gauged powers. For example, Chat Noir’s Cataclysm is single-use, meaning it cannot be done repeatedly. However, His secondary Shockwave power is gauged, meaning it can be done as long as there’s enough “juice” in his miraculous (in his case, the shockwave’s juice intake is dependent on how much damage he’s taken, more damage = a stronger shockwave)
EDIT: Forgot to include Passives and Add-Ons. Passive powers are like Gauged abilities, but are on a constant cooldown. Lady Noir’s jinx passive for example causes accidents around her, and so is constantly being used up
Add-On’s on the other hand are upgrades to the base-power, like how Ladybug can additionally reset damage by throwing her lucky charm up into the air, or like how Fu can change the shape and structure of his shields
The five-minute cooldown only starts when the gauge has completely emptied (single-use powers completely drain it); with children, it means they’ll instantly detransform once the timer has hit zero, and while adults are exempt from this - staying in costume - they can’t constantly reuse their powers. Any attempt to use powers with an emptied gauge causes damage to the body, whether it’s a child or an adult
A broken Miraculous, in the case of the Peacock, will constantly drain a users life force to make up for its broken gauge, and can only be fixed by a Mage (i.e. Lila)
Because the rewrite only uses 7 Miraculous, Potions take up the space left by Unifications (though it still exists in the story). Potions* are terrain modifiers that help their holder adjust to adverse environments;
Red is for desert traversal and gives an immunity against hot temperatures
Orange is for underground traversal and glows in the dark
Yellow is for aerial traversal, gives its user flight and protects them from harsh weather
Green is for underwater traversal and lets the holder breathe underwater
Blue is for ice/blizzard traversal and gives an immunity against cold temperatures
Purple is for space traversal, lets their user fly and breathe in space
Pink is for magic traversal, which gives them an immunity against magically induced side effects (say if a villain was able to put people to sleep, the Pink Potion would protect a user against that)
Goes without saying but for a Potion to work as intended, it requires using a Miraculous. Neither people transformed by the Butterfly, nor Senti-Monsters can benefit from Potions. Jewels similar to the Miraculous, like the Prodigious and the Totems, can
In the rewrite, unifying the Miraculous is not a natural ability for most holders, it’s a forbidden magic created by Gabriel to create use stronger powers. While unified, the holder has access to the base powers of both Miraculous, and a single custom power that replaces the pre-existing ones. Unification additionally has a mental tax, where how many Miraculous being used directly scales to how fast a holders mental health deteriorates
To clarify: Akuma’s are the customised power of the Butterfly and Peacock combined, unique to Gabriel, but can only be used while he’s unifying them - because akuma’s take up both of his custom “slots”, he doesn’t have access to any other custom power unless he finds another Miraculous to use
Lastly, in regards to the Shanghai and NYC specials, neither use Kwami’s. The Prodigious (and by association the Renlings) were an imitation of the Miraculous created by the Guardians, who misunderstood what Mages were actually able to do, and wanted to create Kwami’s themselves. The Prodigious as a result is a very dangerous item, since the Renlings aren’t true embodiments of human values, but creatures modeled after strict definitions. If you turn into an animal without embodying the corresponding value, it damages your body in the way misuing a Miraculous does
NYC on the other hand uses Totems, which were independently created from the Miraculous. Instead of representing concepts, they’re the physical manifestation of the land. If the environment is doing ok, a Totem is stronger. If it’s damaged/polluted, the weaker they are instead. Additionally, transforming isn’t just for the holder, both parties transform and work together (Totems also exist in every country, but they work slightly different from eachother on account of being developed separately. This section is just for America)
To clarify again: say you have a wolf Totem, you and the Totem would have a dual transformation, and are expected to work together in combat
Update; Totems are not canon anymore
