Post by SpaceWolf on 2024-04-22 21:05:15
Nen is just the name Hunter x Hunter uses for its power system; while various abilities can be created by using Nen, Nen
itself
is basically just a Vague Life Aura Thing, or VLAT for short if you will.
To be more precise, Nen is essentially the discipline with which HxH characters refine their auras into powers, but, importantly, any given power can only actually DO a few things at most, and it's rare for characters to have more than a couple such powers.
So for example, if somebody decides to use their aura abilities to make a fireball, it's functionally little different from a Mage in any other system using their MP for that. You're still limited by the physical properties of fire (i.e. elemental resistances), and more importantly, you're also limited by your affinity for emitting projectile attacks in the first place.
Different people in HxH are more suited for one category type or another, which is basically analogous to classes; you could easily call a Fighter in Ashes an Enhancer, because they're basically the same thing - using 'MP' to directly enhance their physicality rather than using it to launch fireballs.
Hope that clarifies things!
To be more precise, Nen is essentially the discipline with which HxH characters refine their auras into powers, but, importantly, any given power can only actually DO a few things at most, and it's rare for characters to have more than a couple such powers.
So for example, if somebody decides to use their aura abilities to make a fireball, it's functionally little different from a Mage in any other system using their MP for that. You're still limited by the physical properties of fire (i.e. elemental resistances), and more importantly, you're also limited by your affinity for emitting projectile attacks in the first place.
Different people in HxH are more suited for one category type or another, which is basically analogous to classes; you could easily call a Fighter in Ashes an Enhancer, because they're basically the same thing - using 'MP' to directly enhance their physicality rather than using it to launch fireballs.
Hope that clarifies things!