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antreegonist) wrote2012-02-26 09:50 am
antreegonist) wrote2012-02-26 09:50 am
[SKILL # 12]
* Illusions and mindfuck.
Earned from Skill Game 16: Ryner's heart.
+ This is a magic skill he has normally; it's boosted by his Exsphere, but doesn't stem directly from it.
+ Basic illusions are the standard 'make things look like other things' schtick, and are weaker than, say, Reborn-style illusions -- he can't craft a pony out of thin air and drop it on someone and break their shoulder! Bbbbut he can drop a real boulder on you to similar effect and make it look like a pony. Or make the edge of a cliff look farther away and make you walk off it. Or make Lloyd look like a giant spider. This is powercapped, small illusions cost less power than large ones, illusions that have to do with one sense cost less power than illusions that handle multiple senses, etc. Purely visual illusions are the easiest.
+ Mindfuck is both deeper and less user-determined; it's the ability to tell someone's brain to perceive stuff he doesn't actually know about. Like 'your greatest fear' or 'your greatest insecurity' or 'the person you love best complimenting you' or 'the person you hate most telling you that you're worthless.' The downsides are that he doesn't know what he'll get/what reactions these illusions will provoke, and sustaining them for about a minute gets him right into powercap sickness territory.
+ Both are breakable if you have sufficient willpower/awareness/etc. but the second is more difficult to break than the first.
+ He was already less susceptible to illusions because of sometimes being able to tell that the mana in them feels 'off,' but knowing what is actually up with them boosts that a bit.
Earned from Skill Game 16: Ryner's heart.
+ This is a magic skill he has normally; it's boosted by his Exsphere, but doesn't stem directly from it.
+ Basic illusions are the standard 'make things look like other things' schtick, and are weaker than, say, Reborn-style illusions -- he can't craft a pony out of thin air and drop it on someone and break their shoulder! Bbbbut he can drop a real boulder on you to similar effect and make it look like a pony. Or make the edge of a cliff look farther away and make you walk off it. Or make Lloyd look like a giant spider. This is powercapped, small illusions cost less power than large ones, illusions that have to do with one sense cost less power than illusions that handle multiple senses, etc. Purely visual illusions are the easiest.
+ Mindfuck is both deeper and less user-determined; it's the ability to tell someone's brain to perceive stuff he doesn't actually know about. Like 'your greatest fear' or 'your greatest insecurity' or 'the person you love best complimenting you' or 'the person you hate most telling you that you're worthless.' The downsides are that he doesn't know what he'll get/what reactions these illusions will provoke, and sustaining them for about a minute gets him right into powercap sickness territory.
+ Both are breakable if you have sufficient willpower/awareness/etc. but the second is more difficult to break than the first.
+ He was already less susceptible to illusions because of sometimes being able to tell that the mana in them feels 'off,' but knowing what is actually up with them boosts that a bit.