Template:Hephaestus Powers

Offensive

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to see each specific weakness in another person’s armor and are proficient at striking them in order to do the most efficient amount of damage.

Defensive

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus can become resistant to all types of physical attacks for a short time.
 * 2) Children of Hephaestus are able to create a wall of stone, no larger than 2 to 3 times the size of the user, to tempoarily blunt attacks

Passive

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus are innately extremely resistant to heat and fire.
 * 2) Children of Hephaestus are innately stronger and faster than others.
 * 3) Children of Hephaestus are innately able to use any enchanted materials for use in weapons or armor; however, they are not as proficient with it as someone who would naturally be able to use them.

Supplementary

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to release heat from their hands in order to cauterize an open wound.
 * 2) Children of Hephaestus are able to create a smoke screen that suffocates and hinders enemies for a short time, using it to either escape or do one sneak attack

3 Months After Character is Made

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to control a single mechanical object with their mind; doing so, however, immobilizes the child of Hephaestus until control is broken. This only works on objects mechanically controlled, not objects controlled by magic.

6 Months After Character is Made

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to create and control fire; however, it is extremely chaotic and will burn anything near it no matter the intention of the child of Hephaestus.

9 Months After Character is Made

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus are able to bring to life a sculpture to fight for them for a short time, while the sculpture is fighting for them, they are weakened and unable to attack themselves

Traits

 * 1) They are great mechanics.
 * 2) Are able to make all sorts of machines, including automatons.
 * 3) Are excellent sculptors, stonemasons, architects, builders, carpenters and wood-workers
 * 4) They are able to create transforming weaponry.
 * 5) They are excellent at creating weapons and armor of all natures.
 * 6) They are adept at the forge and metal working
 * 7) They make great fire fighters and volcanologists