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tongueamokHey gang! Carlisle comes with a host of abilities ranging from "sort of useful" to "well, this is a complete and utter crapshoot, and if it doesn't help somehow, we're doomed." One of these abilities is known in his world as Influence. It's a magic that directly affects a person's aura, soul, or the equivalent thereof in living and undead beings. Here's the blurb from his app:
Short version: he's got an ability that can compel people to do stuff. People who are have supernaturally strong willpower (like gods and such) would be able to easily resist it, while other people are hit or miss. Golems and other constructs, having never been living, are completely unaffected, as are canonically soulless characters or those who have their souls in separate vessels.
I fully intend to message the player(s) in a thread if he ever uses this ability around folks, but if you want to save me time, feel free to leave me a comment here letting me know if you're generally down for this sort of thing, absolutely never ever want to play with it, or whatever!
And to save you time, here's a box!
Thanks guys!
| A byproduct of his condition as a twice-cursed, this magic affects the very auras and souls of those around him, compelling them to action -- or inaction, in some cases. How he can use this ability varies depending on the situation and what he is trying to influence his target to do: he can calm minds, sending people from a blind rage to being slightly less than hostile; he can compel people to either attack or not attack someone; he can cause fear in some subjects, while forcing others to tell the truth or lies. He can even attempt to have people perform more complex tasks, such as crafting something, provided they know how to do it in the first place. He can only influence them to do something they logically can do, but not give them the knowledge on how. This kind of magic is classified as aural magic, and is a relative oddity in Carlisle's world that is usually available only to the twice-cursed. It's both powerful and hard to control: he cannot choose specific targets with this magic, and thus it affects everyone within a certain radius of him, including Carlisle himself. For RP-purposes, the range is much closer (only those about 10 yards from him would be in range), and whether or not a character is affected is up to the player's discretion. |
Short version: he's got an ability that can compel people to do stuff. People who are have supernaturally strong willpower (like gods and such) would be able to easily resist it, while other people are hit or miss. Golems and other constructs, having never been living, are completely unaffected, as are canonically soulless characters or those who have their souls in separate vessels.
I fully intend to message the player(s) in a thread if he ever uses this ability around folks, but if you want to save me time, feel free to leave me a comment here letting me know if you're generally down for this sort of thing, absolutely never ever want to play with it, or whatever!
And to save you time, here's a box!
Thanks guys!
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Date: 2015-04-12 02:08 am (UTC)Character: Murphy Pendleton
Is your character capable of being compelled: Yeah sure why not. He doesn't have any supernatural abilities and hardly a strong enough mortal willpower to be able to block that shit out.
Character: Rey
Is your character capable of being compelled: Probably no, as she would likely fall into the "soul in a separate vessel" category. To keep it simple, her body is literally a vessel made up of cloned organic and synthetic components, plus a metal skeleton. She's had her artificial consciousness transferred into several "vessels" just like this one. Fun times.
Want to opt out of it entirely for whatever reason: Nah, sounds fun!
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Date: 2015-04-12 08:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-09 04:59 pm (UTC)Character: Glacius
Is your character capable of being compelled: I would say yes--to some extent. Because Glacius and his species have such unique perceptions and understandings of their will--and because Glacius himself has such an immensely strong will-- it will be very difficult. It will likely put strain on Carlisle, and Glacius may be able to rally himself against it and snap out of it depending on the situation. Of course there's also the fact that subversion of will is an incredibly touchy subject for his people, so it could lead to extremely negative CR for some time (also depending on the situation).
Basically I approach this like I approach a lot of other stuff in RP: just so long as we hash it beforehand so we can plot out character motivations/reactions and possible CR consequences, I'm cool with it.
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Date: 2016-04-09 06:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-15 07:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-09 03:57 am (UTC)Character: Frisk
Is your character capable of being compelled: Potentially he'd have a time of it; Frisk's major element is Determination, which is quite a powerful tool in their canon. If they're aware they're being compelled and it's against their nature to do what he's trying to get him to do, it's probable that they'd- just straight up not do it, f-ff
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Date: 2016-08-09 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-09 04:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-10-09 02:18 am (UTC)Character: Aren Brosca
Is your character capable of being compelled: Probably not, outside exceptional circumstances. She has a strong will and dwarves are inherently magic-resistant, so there's that. Though if there's a reason she'd be more prone to it in a particular circumstance, I'm game.
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Date: 2017-10-09 02:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-07-13 05:13 pm (UTC)Character: vanessa ives
Is your character capable of being compelled: yes. she's been influence/'hypnotised' by lucifer and dracula and though she is incredibly strong willed (when she believes) shit happens
Want to opt out of it entirely for whatever reason: heck no lets have fun