Special abilities

Is is possible to make different kinds of special abilities for your characters?
(Berserk: lower defence, increase speed and strenght for 15 seconds.)

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"I didn´t expect some kind of Spanish inquisition."
"Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!."

I'd imagine you could just classify it as a "spell".

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"Time is unimportant.. to one such as I.."