Duplication

## Summary

**Duplication** is the ability to multiply any locations, objects or individuals.

Users can instantly and exactly replicate targets or themselves. They maybe able to replicate down to their forms, powers, equipment and personalities. Some may be able to make themselves replicate hundreds of times, others may pick up an object and duplicate that instead. Most users have both of these abilities as their clothes are often copied with their bodies. Some also have the ability to remove their copies as quickly as they were made. Biological properties are exactly the same, however each copy could have different experiences and therefore may overtime personalities over time unless they are their own established and self sustained existence. Copies usually cooperate, always having the same mind, and goals.

The user may duplicate either from an external source (*elements or environment around them or even external energy*), Indirectly from themselves (*such as using their own energy*), or directly which is from their physical bodies.

While usual instant duplication ways when depicted in most medias, they are usually temporary and would disappear after a short while, while others that appear to have a more lasting existence but requires a longer time to product, such as related to **cloning** in laboratories.

## Associations

There maybe cases where there are duplicates that are artificially or drastically different from the original in most or every way as a form of being an extension of oneself or representing a certain aspect of the original as opposed to being the exact same thing, such as avatars (Only applicable if the verse states this), sometimes similar to cleaving which they split from themselves.

There maybe cases where some duplicates from above may allow certain number to be different in terms of strength, This could be done during processes such as Genetic Modification, Substance Composition, Magical Enchantments, shaping one's Spiritual Essence.

## Possible Uses

* **Instant Army:** Have an instant endless and powerful army at users disposal
* **Misdirection:** Have a copy run in opposite direction to fool a follower.
* **Flood:** Copy an item and have it overrun an area (like water)
* **Temporal Copy:** To create a copy from the past or future.

## Variations

* **Variation Duplication**: The user of this power may be able to be a duplicate of an original but could artificially different from the original based on genetic modification, implants, gender change, physical alterations or exist as an aspect of the original, this way they take on lives of their own not identical to the original but bound to what their original donors were.

## Limitations

* Copies may require close proximity to the user
* Energy is used in creating copies, so a limit may be set on the number or size of the copies
* Infection or damage to a copy may return to the user upon assimilation
* Concentration may be required to maintain copies
* Pain or struggle could cause copies to become distressed as well
* If there are problems with the copying process duplicates may have physical or mental setbacks
* Copies may be weaker than the original
* It is possible that the clones maybe weaker than the original and even more so if duplicated further.

## NOTES

* While there maybe some similarities between this and Cleave, in some sense, the former is more of a direct copy of the original while the latter is taking on their own existence when splitting apart. Duplication may just lose some power alone.