Hey 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:
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, if at all. 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, often including Carlisle himself. Given his morality, he is unlikely to use this ability on purpose, as stripping someone of their free will is 100% abhorrent in the eyes of his goddess. Accidentally, on the other hand...
For RP-purposes, 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!
Name: Sydney Character: Deputy Pratt Is your character capable of being compelled: Oh my goodness yes. Want to opt out of it entirely for whatever reason: Traumatize him to your hearts content.
Name: Kae Character: Qubit Is your character capable of being compelled: Nope! He's got a bunch of psionic shielding in his brain that's specifically designed to protect him from that sort of thing. It's technology-based, but I've p much been rolling with "it more or less works against magic too." Want to opt out of it entirely for whatever reason: we good
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abheirrant) wrote2019-08-27 11:58 am
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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, if at all. 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, often including Carlisle himself. Given his morality, he is unlikely to use this ability on purpose, as stripping someone of their free will is 100% abhorrent in the eyes of his goddess. Accidentally, on the other hand...
For RP-purposes, 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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Character: Deputy Pratt
Is your character capable of being compelled: Oh my goodness yes.
Want to opt out of it entirely for whatever reason: Traumatize him to your hearts content.
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no subject
Character: Qubit
Is your character capable of being compelled: Nope! He's got a bunch of psionic shielding in his brain that's specifically designed to protect him from that sort of thing. It's technology-based, but I've p much been rolling with "it more or less works against magic too."
Want to opt out of it entirely for whatever reason: we good