Overview

This page contains the detail on the Tier 2 achievements of Woe.

Detection

Gateway

• Plot Approval:Approval
• Plot: Scalvoris Pirate Attack
• Completion Approval: here

Novice

Delicate Touch: So attuned to the senses is Woe that he has, through an inexplicable level of attention and care, developed the ability to inspect a thing in its entirety without even touching it. Through this talent one can completely inspect items, traps, magical things, and even contraptions activated by touch, by perceiving them through any one of his senses. It would allow a person to pass through a place while inspecting everything without physically disturbing or leaving a watermark on anything. This does not allow him to evade detection by someone who is actively observing with any of their senses.

Psychology

Gateway

• Plot Approval:Approval
• Plot: One Fell Out of the Web
• Completion Approval: here

Novice

Sixth Sense: Having been an expert in Empathy, Woe is well capable of recognizing emotional states in those he observes, even in those who show minimal surface emotion. This ability takes it far beyond that, to where he can be certain of their particular emotional state, and even begin to uncover contextual clues that appear visually in his mind's eye, so as to ascertain what is making them feel that way. The ability is effectively always on and these clues can appear to him as auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when observing a person through any of those senses. For the sake of countering this ability, if someone had Tier 2 Meditation, they could make their mind go blank, and Woe would get far less of an idea what they might be thinking or feeling. Tier 2 Discipline would be similar, only more of a harder block against his sense. For Deception/Acting, he might get a false feeling.

Socialization

Gateway

• Plot Approval:Approval
• Plot:One Fell Out of the Web
• Completion Approval: here

Novice

Blush Response As a former expert in the magical domain of Empathy, and someone who understands the subtle nuances of social communication, Woe has refined his ability to communicate to the point where he can deliver surreptitious messages without anyone else being the wiser. This ability takes that a step further, allowing him to affect another person without speaking aloud. All that's needed for him to communicate with and influence another, is some form of contact, whether auditory, tactile, or visual. The said influence can take the form of any form of social interaction or manipulation that he's capable of. As long as both subjects are able to form a connection through any of those senses, he can make himself understood. It can be countered, and a subject can resist receiving whatever communication he's trying to convey by ignoring or blocking any form of sensation he's able to convey through the senses. So high Discipline, Meditation, Deception, or Acting may throw a wrench in the works of this ability.

Competent

Intuitive Socialite: In his Gateway ability, Woe received the ability to communicate to others through other mediums other than speech or language, with barely a touch, but this ability was somewhat one way. His understanding of the social scene and what people want has developed to such a degree that he can now achieve this is both directions.

When communicating with another individual using this method, they are able to hold complete, two way conversations. While performing any mundane tasks, Woe can both send and read meaning from a person, reading the intent behind expressions, movements and even things that are touched or NOT touched and moved.

This is achieve by his innate ability to understand the nature of a person and the way they usually socialise and the way in which they change this in an attempt to communicate something.

Assuming an individual is able to avoid 'behaving awkwardly' then this form of two way communication might go completely unnoticed unless it was being looked for. Even if noticed, the nature of what was being 'said' would not be know, even if the fact that 'something was happening' was clear.

Due to the nature of this skill, Woe must know something about the individual to make this work. The more he knows, the more successful it will be. For example, if the only thing he knows about a person is that they are a Noble, then this cappy can be used based on that knowledge, but he runs the risk of other nobles in the area understanding his meaning also. If he spends a little while 'getting to know them' then the meaning can begin to be hidden beneath so many layers of things that are specific to that person, that only they will truly understand his meaning.

Expert Theme

Social Gnosis: With expert theme, Woe is able to communicate his needs/desires without even being in the same space. Those who know him, will be able to know what he wishes them to know, based on what Woe wishes their familiarity with him to be. Distance is not a factor at this level, a person anywhere in the world that has a relationship WITH Woe can at any point simply make a correct assumption about Woe's desires as and when they need to, as if Woe had given them the information first hand. This doesn't allow them to read his mind at remote and if Woe wishes, anyone can be 'cut off' at any time.

In short, this is about Woe being so skilled at sharing himself with others, when he chooses, that he almost creates a persona of himself in their own consciousness that can answer simple questions as needed to ensure Woe's agendas are achieved.

Note: If the desire is a lie, how successful that lie might be is based on Woe's Deception skill.