Dream Manipulation

Lavos can devour dreams from another dimension

Background

Dream Manipulation is the ability to create, shape, manipulate, and enter the dreams of themselves or others. This ability allows users to traverse the dreamscapes of others, often using them as mediums for communication or even combat, with the potential to impact the waking world through actions performed within dreams.

Advanced practitioners of this power may exert complete dominance over the dream realm, wielding near-limitless power to reshape and alter dreams at will. They can also pull others into the dream world to imprison or kill them, blurring the boundaries between the dream and waking states. In some cases, users can consume or destroy the dreams of others, depriving them of the ability to dream. This deprivation may lead to severe psychological consequences, such as madness or even death in rare instances.

The effectiveness and scope of dream manipulation depend on the user's skill and the target's susceptibility. While some users may only observe or alter minor dream elements, others can wield godlike control within the dream world, blurring the boundaries between dreams and reality.

Possible Applications

• Dream Walking: Enter and traverse another person's dreamscape.
• Dream Viewing: Observe the dreams of others, gaining insight into their subconscious.
• Dream Communication: Use dreams as a medium to communicate with others over vast distances.
• Dream Combat: Attack others within their dreams, potentially causing real-world effects or even death.
• Dream Control: Manipulate and reshape dreams, granting near-omnipotent abilities within the dream realm, such as creating and controlling "false realities."
• Dream Imprisonment: Drag individuals into the dream world to imprison or harm them.
• Nightmare Induction: Inflict terrifying nightmares on others to torment or destabilize them psychologically.
• Dream Destruction: Destroy or consume dreams, rendering others incapable of dreaming and potentially causing mental deterioration.

Possible Limitations

• The ability to affect dreams may depend on proximity to the target or a connection to their subconscious.
• Actions taken in the dream world may have no direct impact on the physical world unless explicitly stated by the user’s power.
• Dream worlds can be highly subjective and influenced by the dreamer's subconscious, which might resist manipulation.
• Some individuals with strong mental fortitude or abilities like Mental Barriers could resist or repel dream-based intrusions.
• Overuse of this ability may strain the user's psyche, especially when interacting with intense or hostile dreamscapes.

Users

• Lavos (Chrono Trigger)
• Sylvester Ashling (Epithet Erased)