Threat Avoidance

Background

Threat Avoidance is the ability to avoid detection, pursuit, or aggression from others, effectively preventing enemies or threats from targeting or coming after the user. This ability can manifest in various ways, from redirecting attention away from the user to physically escaping notice or causing enemies to lose interest.

Threat Avoidance is distinct from traditional evasion or combat-focused abilities, as it is more about manipulating external perceptions, actions, or intentions to avoid being a target or a threat to others. This ability can be used in both physical confrontations and more subtle, strategic contexts where remaining unnoticed or unthreatened is key.

It may also include the ability to influence the minds of others, causing them to disregard the user as a target, or manipulating environmental factors to reduce the likelihood of being pursued.

Possible Applications

• Target Distraction: Diverts the attention of enemies away from the user, causing them to focus on something else.
• Combat Deterrence: Causes enemies to lose interest or to refrain from attacking.
• Invisible Presence: The user becomes difficult or impossible to notice by hiding their presence, causing others to overlook them.
• Perception Manipulation: Alters the perception of others to make the user appear less threatening or less significant.
• Enemy Disengagement: Forces enemies to break off attacks or pursuits due to a lack of perceived threat.
• Escape and Evasion: Helps the user escape from hostile situations without being detected or pursued.

Possible Types

• Mental Manipulation of Threat Perception
  The user can directly influence the thoughts or mental state of others to make them perceive the user as less of a threat or unworthy of pursuit.
  • Abilities include: Making the user appear harmless or insignificant to enemies.
  • Example Users:

• Environmental Concealment
  This version of Threat Avoidance allows the user to alter the environment to make themselves difficult to find or track.
  • Abilities include: Creating a disguise or using environmental factors (e.g., shadows, terrain) to hide from pursuers.
  • Example Users:

• Aura Dampening
  The user suppresses or hides their aura, making it difficult for enemies to sense or detect their presence through supernatural means.
  • Abilities include: Preventing tracking by energy-based detection methods.
  • Example Users:

Limitations

• Dependence on Surroundings: The ability may be less effective or unavailable in certain environments where hiding or escaping is not possible.
• Psychic Resistance: Enemies with strong mental fortitude or psychic abilities may be able to resist or detect the user’s attempts at evasion.
• Energy/Focus Drain: Maintaining the ability to avoid threats for long periods of time may be mentally or physically exhausting for the user.
• Vulnerability to Detection: In certain scenarios, like when facing powerful tracking abilities or sensing techniques, Threat Avoidance may be bypassed or overcome.