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Power negation

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Player character can somehow negate powers (such as magic) of others, or be subjected to such themselves.

12
games
4
platforms

Alternate names: Power dampening, Power nullification, Silencing

The Darkness II (Windows)
The Darkness II
WIN 2012-02-10
League of Legends (Windows)
League of Legends
WIN 2009-10-27
Stellar Impact (Windows)
Stellar Impact
WIN 2011
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Linux)
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
LIN 2018-03-27
Lord of the Rings Online (Windows)
Lord of the Rings Online
WIN 2007-04-24
Aarklash: Legacy (Windows)
Aarklash: Legacy
WIN 2013-09
Guild Wars (Windows)
Guild Wars
WIN 2005-04-26
World of Warcraft (Windows)
World of Warcraft
WIN 2004-11-22
Sword of Mana (Game Boy Advance)
Sword of Mana
GBA 2003-08-29
League of Legends
OSX 2013-03-01
World of Warcraft
LIN 2013
World of Warcraft
OSX 2004-11-23
See also: mana burn (anything that destroys whatever is required to use powers, which is often magical energy [mana]), anti-magic zones (areas that effectively do the same)
Most commonly seen in form of `dispel magic´ or `silence´ magic spells, the latter of which although implies verbal component in the spellcasting, is only there to imply it blocks spellcasting for a while.

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Parent group

Loss of player agency

Related group

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The first Power negation video game was released on August 29, 2003.

Blizzard published all these games.

Related site

Related article at TV Tropes (Power Nullifier)

Platforms

Windows 7
Mac OS X 2
Linux 2
GBA 1