Mind Manipulation

Abilities related to Mind Manipulation
Related Abilties	Emotion Manipulation - Memory Manipulation - Madness Manipulation

Background

Mind Manipulation is the power to mentally control and manipulate others through manipulation of the mind. With it, the user can control the minds of others with targets completely subject to their mental control, or even erase the mind itself. Despite the common misconception, mind manipulation doesn't only deal with control over the mental aspect of one, but also control over one's biological brain, or biochemical means.

Mind Manipulation potency should be judged on how many beings its user can affect at once whilst using the ability, the size of a structure it was capable of mentally manipulating those within, or the substance of a mind itself being present. Though there are other varying labels that can give mental potency. Mind Manipulation has various different categories and applications that can be used as shown below.

Applications

Mindshifting

Yami Marik's Millennium Rod can manipulate the minds of those to do his bidding, and stop foes from getting in his way.

Mindshifting is the ability to have direct and total control over their mental structure, being able to manipulate at will their own emotions, sensations, perceptions, consciousness, memories, personality and everything connected to their brain and mind granting highly advanced capabilities.

Mind Control

Mind Control is the ability to control the minds of others, including their thoughts, perceptions, memories, emotions and personality. Depending on the user's skill and power, this can range from a trance-like state very similar to hypnosis, to the target being completely subject to the user's control.

Empathic Manipulation

Empathic Manipulation is the ability to help influence feelings and emotions. Empathic manipulation is generally associated with mental mental manipulation but can sometimes be achieved in different ways, for example with direct biochemical effects. Emotion control can be divided by manipulating positive and negative emotions. The empathic manipulation can possibly allow the absorption of emotions and their conversion into energy, as well as the prediction of the actions of the enemy by understanding his emotions.

Memory Manipulation

Memory Manipulation is the ability to influence memory. Can be carried out using empathic, mental, biological, electrical or data manipulation. Furthermore the memory can be comprehended and controlled in other ways (e.g., by magic). One can do this thorugh affecting memory through emotions., affecting memory through the consciousness/mind (allows managing memory in a variety of ways (comprehending, modifying, deleting existing memories, as well as creating new memories)), affecting memory through brain cells, making it possible to manage memory (Allows managing memory in a variety of ways (comprehending, modifying, deleting existing memories, as well as creating new memories), and in cases manipulate memory in situations where it acts as a regular array of information. It can be accessed in a manner similar to accessing the hard drive of a computer.

Madness Manipulation

Maka giving in to the madness

Madness Manipulation is the ability to affect the sanity of other beings, usually in a manner that causes them to become insane. Certain characters can alter one's sanity through the use of biological methods, many of which involve tampering with specific parts of the brain. Chemical means (such as drugs, poisons and toxins) also fall under this category. While others rely upon directly interacting with the minds of their victims, utilizing various forms of mental attacks to drive them insane. There are even some that possess the ability to drive others insane as a side-effect of the nature of their being, with the very act of looking at or attempting to perceive them being enough to send victims into a state of madness or terror. More extreme forms are capable of outright killing those who suffer from their effects. Normally users with Eldritch Physiology are an example of this.

Possible Uses

• Hypnosis: Some users can induce a trance-like state in others, controlling their behavior and thoughts as if they were puppets.
• Memory Alteration: Users can alter, erase, or implant memories in others.
• Emotional Manipulation: Mind Manipulation can allow for the control of emotions, such as inducing fear, anger, or happiness.
• Personality Alteration: Users can change the personality of others, making them act in ways contrary to their usual behavior.
• Psychic Assault: Mind Manipulation can be used offensively to attack or damage the minds of others, causing pain, hallucinations, or mental breakdowns.
• Mental Shielding: Some users can protect their own minds from being manipulated or attacked by others using the same ability.

Possible Limitations

• Strong Minded: Certain individuals may have high resistance or immunity to mind control, making the ability ineffective.
• Psychic Vulnerability: Users of Mind Manipulation are often vulnerable to counterattacks from other psychics or beings with mind-affecting abilities.
• Range Limitations: The range of Mind Manipulation may be limited, requiring proximity to the target for full control.
• Overuse Strain: Prolonged use of mind control may cause mental fatigue or harm to the user.

Potency

Basic Manipulation

Users can influence a target’s thoughts, emotions, and basic perceptions, often using subtle influence rather than overt control. This is usually restricted to a small area or a single target.

• Examples: Hypnosis, minor emotional manipulation.

Moderate Manipulation

Users can exert more direct control over their targets, possibly altering personalities, memories, and emotions more aggressively. Larger groups can be affected at once, and the user can manipulate complex mental processes.

• Examples: Memory erasure, manipulating someone's personality or behavior.

Advanced Manipulation

Users can control large groups of people, entire areas, or entire civilizations. They can manipulate and rewrite memories at will, alter major personality traits, or induce severe mental trauma or madness. Some may even have the ability to manipulate minds in real-time during combat.

• Examples: Mind control over multiple individuals, altering memories on a large scale.

Master-Level Manipulation

The user can control minds on a massive scale, even affecting entire populations or worlds. They can alter the very essence of someone's personality, cause mass insanity, and erase or replace collective memories. These users may also be able to tap into others’ minds without them being aware, control minds across vast distances, or even manipulate minds in an ongoing manner over long periods.

• Examples: Global mind control, inducing madness in large populations, erasing memories of entire societies.

Users

• Force Users (Star Wars): Force Sensistive users can utilize the force to influence the minds of the weak-minded.