Extrasensory Perception

Dragon Ball characters can sense ki signatures

Background

Extrasensory Perception, also referred to as detection or the sixth sense, is the ability to perceive energy signatures, matter signatures, or similar phenomena in the user’s vicinity. This ability enables the detection of entities, forces, or objects that would typically go unnoticed through ordinary senses. The range and precision of Extrasensory Perception can vary depending on the user's level of expertise and the nature of the energy or phenomena being detected. Advanced users may accurately pinpoint subtle signatures from great distances, while less experienced users may only sense vague impressions within a limited range.

Example Applications

• Precognition: The ability to sense or detect future events before they occur, allowing the user to prepare for or avoid impending dangers. This may include subtle warnings of threats, glimpses of potential outcomes, or complete visions of future scenarios.

• Enhanced Sight: Augmenting visual perception to detect faint or hidden energy traces, such as tracking a specific aura, pinpointing subtle disturbances in the environment, or observing energies that are typically imperceptible to ordinary vision.

• Life Detection: The capacity to sense the presence, location, or movements of living beings in the surrounding area. This can include differentiating between types of life forms, detecting hidden or camouflaged entities, or identifying the number and distance of individuals in a given range.

• Power Reading: Analyzing and interpreting the energy levels, powers, or unique abilities of others. This may allow the user to discern an opponent's strength, recognize specific abilities they possess, or identify weaknesses based on fluctuations in their energy signature.

• Danger Sense: The innate perception of impending threats or harmful events in the environment, enabling the user to react before an attack occurs or avoid hazards they cannot see.

• Spatial Awareness: Gaining a comprehensive understanding of the surroundings by detecting the energy and matter present in the area, including objects, terrain, and barriers. This can assist in navigation or provide an advantage in combat situations by mapping the battlefield in real time.

• Emotional or Mental Perception: Sensing the emotional state or mental condition of nearby individuals by interpreting subtle energy fluctuations or auras, allowing the user to identify intentions, feelings, or potential hostility.

• Energy Source Location: Detecting and tracking specific energy sources, such as magical artifacts, energy-based weapons, or supernatural phenomena, even from significant distances.

• Dimensional Awareness: Detecting shifts in energy or space-time that signify dimensional anomalies, such as portals, rifts, or entities that exist outside the natural plane.

Possible Limitations

• Overwhelming energy sources may cause confusion or sensory overload.
• Certain forms of invisibility may conceal energy signatures, making them undetectable.
• Some users may be limited to perceiving only specific types of energy, powers, or signatures, while others remain beyond their detection capabilities.

Users

• Son Goku (Dragon Ball): Goku is able to sense Ki, being able to get a gauge on how powerful an opponent is from their ki.