Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170410034737/@comment-30530552-20170420230359

So, looking through, I haven't seen any true blood Semblance, so I did my own take.

-Name: Blood Buildup

-User(s): Sangre Roja

-Type: Physical (enhances/adds/alters physical capabilities at the cost of aura)

-Purpose: Utility (The effect is neutral, neither offensive nor defensive. However, with enough creativity they can be used as such)

-Short description: The user can temporarily increase red blood cell production within their body, allowing for the character to have greater endurance within a fight and general keep up. The excess blood cells gradually die off until it was back to the normal level they had before

-Activation Cue: The blood vessels close to the skin become especially visible on the skin due to increased pressure. Their face might also turn a shade of red, due to the increased amount of red blood cells.

 -Range: Personal

-General limitations: 1) This does NOT increase reaction time, strength, or speed...it just allows the user to work at a high, difficult level without tiring easily. 2) The effect only lasts in full for 5 minutes, and begins to gradually disappear throughout the following 5 minutes. 3) After using it once for the full length of time, the user can't use it for another 30 minutes after the effect disappears. During this time, the user's temporary high is replaced with something akin to a sugar or caffeine crash, which has a few adverse effects mentioned later.

-Passive ability(s) (if any): N/A

-Active ability: Tier One: The user can activate the Semblance, which lasts for 5 minutes before dissapating over the following 5. After the combined 10 minutes finish, the user will feel light-headed, nauseous, and/or potentially pass out from overexertion, being unable to use their ability for another 30 minutes.

-Active ability: Tier Two: Same lengths of time as Tier 1, but with the side effects being reduced in intensity and/or length...sometimes not happening at all.

-Active Ability: Tier Three: Same lengths of time, but adverse side effects are minimal to nonexistant. Any later Tiers can increase the time it is active for, or reduce the cooldown time significantly.

-Dust interaction (insert dust type here): N/A

-Notes: Since "Sangre Roja" literally means "red blood," (how original of me) I figured he should get a blood-based power. This power was influenced by reading of the story of a Finnish Olympic athlete named Eero Mäntyranta, who had a rare blood condition known as "polycythemia" which resulted in the overproduction of red blood cells by his bone marrow and gave him access to additional oxygen, making him harder to tire, a significant advantage over his competitors in the Olympics.