Soul Manifestation

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

Technique Name: Soul Manifestation

Class: 1

Technique Type: Soul Release

Usable By: Shinigami and Vizard

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects: It is well known in order to learn Bankai a Shinigami must manifest and subjugate their Zanpakuto Spirit. Techniques such as Spiritual Projection allow a Shinigami to materialize their Zanpakuto Spirit, or Inner Hollow when used by Vizards respectfully. Soul Manifestation is a passive augmentative technique that relies upon existing techniques or abilities that allow one to release their Spirit outside their Inner World.

Soul Manifestation’s strength comes from the fact that it allows ones Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow the ability to utilize their release alongside the one who manifested them. They are the source of a Shinigami’s power after all, it only makes sense that they could make use of both Shikai and Bankai. This follows the same rules of release as a Shinigami or Vizard. Following rules of cost and length of release. When released the Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow have access to up to five of the user's non-Release techniques and any existing Step Technique. Chosen each time they release. A great boon of freedom is granted to the Spirit upon mastery, allowing them to release separately from the user if they so desire. Soul Manifestation also grants the Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow the ability to manifest themselves whenever they wish. Using existing techniques such as Spiritual Projection and Kurayami: Kurotaigen as the catalyst. Yet treating themselves as the one who had used the technique. Uniquely Soul Manifestation also grants the one materialized its own SkP pool. Which total is tied to the user and distributed when learned. These SkP placements are permanent, which can only be changed with CIUs.
How to use technique: Manifest Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow.

Technique Drawbacks: This technique is powerful, granting the user an ally who can utilize ones release. It should be noted though, this technique does come with some requirements to learn and some nasty drawbacks. Firstly the user must have access to Bankai. This shows the user has already manifested and subjugated their Zanpakuto Spirit. Or has faced their Inner Hollow when being used by a Vizard. Secondly the user must have some way of manifesting their Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow. Or this technique cannot be learned. Thirdly when mastered the Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow gains free reign of when they wish to manifest. This can be dangerous, especially for those who possess an Inner Hollow. Fourthly all Drawbacks from the technique used to manifest the Zanpakuto Spirit or Inner Hollow still apply. Soul Manifestation merely augments those existing techniques passively. Yet if the Zanpakuto Spirit/Inner Hollow is defeated those existing drawbacks from those Manifestation techniques are more severe. Doubling the time it takes for the Spirit to manifest once more. Lastly, the user is still limited by the rules of their release, regardless if their Spirit is utilizing it at the same time. Meaning release techniques, that can only be used once per post/thread are still limited in that capacity. Thus the user can’t bypass these limitations of their release while using this technique. Also even if releasing separately, release limit is tied between the two. Meaning 2 posts of release are used up, when both are released at the same time. Lastly this technique can't be learned by those with summon based releases.

Made By: Zanpakuto Spirits

Reserved?: No

[Kitai Yoru]

For a one time cost of 400 reiatsu, you can summon a Spirit, be it your Zan Spirit or Inner Hollow, with different stats from the user, different skills from the user, and a different type benifit from the user. This Spirit can use all of your techniques, be it release or Non, with no cost increase from using them from your Spirit. For Fractured type, this technique does not take a technique slot, unlike Soul Projection. This technique is too powerful as it currently is.

The thing is, the main draw of this technique is the ability to have the spirit choose a different type variation than the one you chose. This would let Soul Spec characters have a physical version of themselves and a spiritual version. Or Fighters, or Strugglers, or Brave, or Fractured. I would want this to be removed, changed to make the stats between you and your Spirit to be the same, thus removing the main difference between this and Soul Projection. That isn't the only thing I would want removed, but if you want to continue making this technique, that's the first thing I would need changed. Along with this not taking up a tech slot for Fractured types.

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

Changed up how this technique functions.

[Kitai Yoru]

Given all the changes and drawbacks, I'm good with this technique as it is. 1/2

[Col Arana]

I'm hesitant on this one, but I'm willing to give it a shot, with three caveats. Firstly I would like to request an additional limitation; that this technique cannot be learned by individuals with a Summon-based release. A lot of Summon-based releases are already pretty finely balanced around a finite number of summons, and the ability to effectively double that number could be extremely problematic.

The second caveat is there should be a reiatsu cost for using this technique.

Lastly, there should be a major drawback associated with the spirit being damaged or killed during this technique. You're effectively turning your Zan spirit/Inner Hollow into a Bount Doll, there should be a comparable risk to using this.


Other than that, I'm willing to give this technique a shot.

[☾ Aevus | Umbra ☽]

All changes made

[Col Arana]

This is a powerful technique, so I will be keeping an eye out on it, but I'm willing to see what you can do with this.

2/2 Approved