Essence ofNaming (or Idol Theory for Dummies)
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Makes naming a power: giving anything a name grants it an identity and improves its capabilities, alive or not, and naming something after a myth grants abilities drawn from that myth — weak at first but growing, potentially past the original. Fictional sources work as well as mythic ones thanks to the nature of the multiverse, provided the named object bears at least a token resemblance to the original, so a sword's name needs a bladed object however cheap. You can rename people, granting them abilities tied to the new name along with the knowledge to use them and no risk of the name subsuming their identity, rename yourself to gain a figure's powers in whichever version you prefer, and add or remove names like 'immortal' or 'invulnerable' as titles that carry their own abilities.
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Description
By drinking this Essence, you become aware of the power of names.
Effects
7Just by naming something, you give it an identity and improve its capabilities, it doesn't matter if the named thing in question is alive or not.
If you name something based on a myth, it'd gain abilities related to the myth surrounding the name. These abilities start out weak but slowly become more powerful and they may even exceed the power of the original, but it'd take time and you creating a legend bigger than the original myth, by using the item you've named.
You can even name things based on stuff from fiction like movies, anime, etc; Due to the nature of the Multiverse, it works just as fine as things named after myths.
The things you name should at least have a token resemblance to the original, so if you name something after a sword, it should be a bladed item, the quality doesn't matter. So if you want a dozen store brought Excaliburs worth 10 dollars each, you can go ahead.
Finally, you can rename people. This process leads to them gaining abilities related to the name and knowledge on how to use those abilities. There is no possibility of the name subsuming the target's identity and personality, unless you want it to happen.
You can even rename yourself to gain abilities, for example if you name yourself Thor, you may gain abilities related to him. You can decide which version of his powers you get (anime, comics, myths, etc) or you can get all of his abilities from different myths and media at the same time.
You can add and remove names to yourself like immortal, invulnerable, etc; These names are added to your name like a title and give you abilities related to the name.
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- combatcosmic
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- dimensional traveldurabilityimmortality