Editing Barker (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Barker generates a gas with each sound he makes. Which is not linked to what he says at the time, merely the vocal stress he puts on it.<ref name="15.1 e3">Puffs of the dark smoke spilled from his mouth with each word, but they seemed to carry further than cigarette smoke would. It seemed to be tied to the stress or emphasis on the sounds that drove it forward.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>“What do you do? Your powers.”<br/><br/>He looked up at me. “You want to see?”<br/><br/>I shrugged.<br/><br/>“Whore.”<br/><br/>The puff of smoke that accompanied the word detonated like a small thunder-clap, mere inches from my face. I flinched, but it hadn’t been intended to harm. Only to alarm. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/colony-15-1/ Excerpt] from [[Colony 15.1]]</ref><ref name="Cast1">'''Barker''' – A shorter, narrow cape who converts any sound he creates into a gas, which he can in turn convert into concussive explosions, temperature, lack of temperature and so on. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler free)]</ref> This gas can be converted into a variety of effects, including but not limited concussive force (most commonly used), heat and cold, as well as others.<ref name="list">Barker	'''Converts utterances to an energy that can then be converted into a variety of effects, including concussive force and flame.'''	Undersiders/Bitch - 																		[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pgn9rgYutpBqJg1lSBP3NHnq9WK4ToLq9K4ys_I4cRc/edit#gid=0 Parahuman List], bolded edit by Wildbow</ref>

In the battle against a [[Dragon]] suit, Barker used his power to create a concussive force that caused it to stumble. He did this multiple times but it made his throat sore, from shouting so many words.<ref name="16.4 e1">Barker screamed, then slammed his teeth together with a clack my bugs could hear. His power turned the noise into a concussive force, erupting around the armored suit. The suit reeled, staggering back from where it stood on top of a derelict train, nearly falling.<br/><br/>Barker shouted three times in short succession before bidding the resulting clouds of smoke to detonate violently<br/><br/>The suit struggled to its feet, using its arms to shield itself from two more shouts from Barker and a barrage from Shatterbird, then stopped short as the cord of silk I’d bound around its neck pulled taut.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>Barker nodded, “Throat’s sore. Keep knocking it down, it keeps getting back up.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/monarch-16-4/ Excerpt] from [[Monarch 16.4]]</ref> He can also use the ability to clear out anything obscuring his mouth and throat.<ref name="15.1 e2">For extra measure, I drew the bugs out of my costume and sent them straight for his nose and mouth.<br/><br/>He went bug-eyed as he sat up, coughing and sputtering in an attempt to clear the bugs from his airway. After one rolling cough, he created another detonation in and around his mouth, obliterating a majority of the bugs I’d tried to gag him with. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/colony-15-1/Excerpt] from [[Colony 15.1]]</ref>

He is resistant<ref name="playtest"/> to effects generated by his own powers, but not immune as repeated uses caused Barker's throat to get sore. Though this may have been due to shouting and screaming so much.