Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28125426-20160823092048

I wasn't sure if there was a protocol regarding adding new categories to Powers and Skills so thought I would run it past the admin.

Obviously we don't want the clutter of endless amounts of options too similar to others that they are redundant, but sometimes there are things that just don't fit.

Specifically, I was considering adding the skill: Meditation.

My argument for its creation is that the closest thing to it in skills is occultism, which is a very broad category and not all mediation techniques employ mystical properties. There are several powers that can stem from mediation, but none that are representative of it alone.

Meditation is the skill of either silencing or focusing one's mind. In its most basic forms, meditation can be used to relax and give control those who suffer from stress, anger or other physical and psychological problems. It can alternately be used to reflect on important thoughts, deliberate plans and strategies, or ruminate on a philosophical level. In its most advanced applications it can manifest in acts of mind-over-matter, including having full control over one's physical body or intangible soul.

Examples of meditation in with the DC universes:

Many magical characters employ mediation to active or enhance certain abilities.


 * Doctor Fate spends hours mediating in his tower to understand his cosmic power.
 * Zatanna meditates to perform astral projection, crossing over into other realms.
 * Raven utilises meditation to keep her emotions in check and demonic potential at bay.
 * Jason Blood meditated to recover lost memories, as well as communicating with the demon inside.

Other characters incorporate it more physical fields, mostly the martial arts.


 * Batman has demonstrated mediation to slow his heart rate and breathing in survival situations.
 * Lord Death Man (Manga) could reduce the afore mentioned to sustain the appearance of death entirely.
 * Almost all the greatest martial artists such as Ra's al Ghul, Katana, Lady Shiva, and Bronze Tiger have been depicted in a meditative state at some point. 