#sembla

Newest version of the Sembla Wheel, a way to present every labeled ability in Hypnofantasma.

I like to think of this one as a large, stained glass mural, possibly a couple dozen feet tall, embedded in the side of a large tower.

Sembla info under cut!

No species only have a single Sembla anymore, instead, each species has a sort of "Inherent Species Ability" that aligns with a Sembla, but they aren't locked as individuals from abilities.

There are no anthro bat Vampire species; instead, Vampires in HF are a Kraizenian offshoot species that occurred once the Kraizen who lived in Vantalain long enough mutated into this form. They are defined by having Vita Siphons somewhere on their body, typically fangs. They can look like many different things. Here's the info about them!

As for secondary Sembla, Banetai can, but for the Vampires, I'm thinking no. Kraizenians have a solid Semblic specialty, Chimerics (like Banetai) do not.

Here's some stylized medallions I designed a couple months back of all 40 Sembla! In order, they are the categories of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Pink, White, and Black. Each of these categories will also eventually have their own videos talking about them in depth! ....One day.

STAR WARS EPISODE II: Attack of the Clones 00:24:52

This angle and view nearly matches this shot from Episode I. Some differences you can see are the obviously new council members, and a different landscape to the Temple Precinct on Coruscant in the 10 years that have passed.

(Copying from Toyhouse just to make the answer more public)

Magic cannot be wielded safely by anyone, and researchers like Alchemists understand their occupational hazard. Magic is the term given to automatic effects that happen in the universe that are not logical, and are like "glitches" in the fabric of reality.

My favorite example is called the Vase Example. You have two vases, both filled with water. One vase has a psionic user next to it, the other does not. The psionic user can freely move the water in and out of the vase, even summon more water. But once they stop focusing, no more water appears. It is finite.

The other vase, however, is knocked over. Water will infinitely flow out of it without cease, even if the water psionic user were to try and stop it. That water has no source other than itself, creating an existential paradox; this is magic.

The only true difference between psionics and magic are their natures. Psionics are willed and all summons have a source (even if you summon stuff out of thin air, that molecule was displaced from elsewhere in the universe, no matter how distant), vs magic will randomly create matter and warp matter without anyone asking it to.

Any ability that isn't time manipulation, mind control, or crossuniverse portals can fit under Sembla if you fudge things a bit, as Sembla is a labeling system, not predetermined boxes. Sugar for example isn't just sweets; Sugar can manipulate the body to change its emotions. Cold can petrify and dry out and not just summon ice. Plastic covers the entire range of polymers, not just common plastics you think of. Weirdly named ones like Salt or Silicon are actually more like Ignition and Swap, with Silicon/Swap being the ability to switch whatever you want around. It's a very broad system!

no one's gonna gut ya if you call Psionics Magic, but in all technicality;

Psionics are the manipulation of the world around you in a way that obeys the laws of physics. Psionics must be mentally applied to happen and cannot be "sticky" nor truly enchant something.

Magic, meanwhile, are almost corruptive, illogical happenings in the universe that disobey the laws of physics, and aren't necessarily psionic. Magic is dangerous because it's unpredictable. Many liken Magic to "glitches" in the universe.

A good example I like to use to compare the two is the Infinite Water Problem. If I have a vase with water in it, I can use my Water Sembla psionics abilities to move the water out of the vase. with MORE psionics pressure, i can even make the illusion of endless water pouring out of the vase.

With MAGIC, however, endless water will be spawning out of the vase without any psionic pressure. it's just coming out.

Psionics require that constant thought application, Will, to happen; on top of that, the water used in psionics is instantaneously grabbed from elsewhere in the universe, travels through the mind realm of Cerelain, and appears where you want it summoned. This is to keep the universe balanced, as no new matter is created.

With Magic, not only is no psionic pressure spectrum applied to make more water appear, this endless stream of water is being actively created as new matter.

Due to this, Magic is deemed dangerous and is stamped out when found. Magic specialists, called Alchemists, actually do their best to keep it from cropping up. Psionics are reliable and predictable, thus it's used over Magic.