Tittle or Term

[Ember_Blood]

Umm...which kind of title or which term will you use to differentiate between a supernatural power user and a normal human? I mean to categorize them all in a single word. Like how the Chinese give the term "Cultivator" to those who can wield supernatural/magical power? I need one for my novel and I don't like the term magician/ mage/ wizard/ spiritualist/ elementrist/ witch etc. Do you guys have anything particular in mind? Give some suggestions

Initially I used "Diviner" but it felt like I'm calling them gods and normal humans as mere mortal. It didn't quite stand with me.

 

[IDKWtWrite-San]

Mutants? InHuman?

 

[BenJepheneT]

Crackheads.

 

[Jemini]

A catch-all for every variety of inhuman power? Well, it's my opinion that there's a reason why we've come to start sub-categorizing such abilities, but if I had to make a catch-all...

Supernatural abilities user. This would include all wizardly magic, as well as all comics-type superpowers and other such abilities like being psychic.

If it's more limited to fantasy magic, you could just stretch the definition of the term "Wizard" like Fairy Tale does.

 

[Echimera]

There are many options, depending on how the powers work or where they come from.

• Wizard, Mage or Sorcerer all work for standard magic, though all have their connotations especially in our world where D&D exists.
• If the powers are based on the channeling of some external power (be it an inanimate force or the power given by some higher being) in certain ways, Conduit could work.
• If the powers are in some way divine, Blessed or Saint would work.
• Mutand and Inhuman were already mentioned, though both have connotations due to their long history in Marvel comics; DC mostly uses Metahuman with little regards to the specifics, I think. All three may sound a bit too scientific for a fantasy setting, though.
• Cultivator has its own connotations and history associated with the term, mostly rooted in eastern mysticism.

 

[BearlyAlive]

Esper? Gifted? Übermensch? Special Snowflakes?

Just take a word you like and go with it.

Alternatively you could just go by how they got their supernatural stuff from like -touched for whatever stuff made their abilities possible.

 

[farmer]

Ascended, Esper, Hunters?

 

[Anon2024]

The term depends on which world since I'm writing a world hopping reincarnation saga.