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Probability Manipulation
Background
Probability Manipulation is the ability to alter the likelihood of events, making improbable outcomes more likely and highly probable events less likely. This ability can manifest in various ways, from passively influencing chance to actively controlling outcomes. While it may seem similar to supernatural luck, probability manipulation goes beyond mere fortune or misfortune by directly influencing the mechanics of chance itself. For example, it can make attacks miss without any logical reason, ensure attacks always hit, or create outcomes that are otherwise impossible. At its highest levels, this ability can turn impossibilities into certainties or render certainties impossible. Due to its versatility and wide-ranging applications, the capabilities of probability manipulation must often be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Applications
- Improbable Success: Ensures events with low probability occur as desired.
- Improbable Failure: Prevents highly likely events from happening.
- Combat Precision: Guarantees hits or evasion in combat by manipulating the likelihood of success or failure.
- Random Event Control: Directly controls random outcomes, such as dice rolls or coin flips.
- Certainty Creation: Transforms an impossible event into a guaranteed reality.
- Chaos Engineering: Alters probability to create unpredictable outcomes, introducing chaos into a situation.
- Fortune/Disaster Neutralization: Prevents luck-based abilities from taking effect by controlling the probabilities involved.
Scale
- Localized Scale: Alters the probability of events occurring within a specific area or for a single target.
- Global Scale: Affects probabilities on a massive scale, potentially altering worldwide events or outcomes.
- Cosmic Scale: Manipulates the probability of events on a cosmic or multiversal level.
Distinction from Luck Manipulation
While both abilities deal with chance, probability manipulation and luck manipulation differ in their mechanics and scope:
- Probability Manipulation focuses on the mathematical likelihood of events, altering the fundamental odds to increase or decrease the chances of any outcome, whether beneficial, detrimental, or neutral. It provides precise control over events regardless of their effect.
- Luck Manipulation is more outcome-focused, targeting the effects of events rather than the probabilities behind them. It specifically generates good fortune or misfortune for a target, without necessarily adjusting the odds behind those outcomes.