Permissions Post, Telepathy
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littlewhiteliesIn her series M'gann has a huge talent for telepathy, which has both been a help and a hindrance to her team. I figured I should probably set up some form of permissions/info so people know what all she can do.
If you change your mind later, or even just want to mull over the info here and not post, don't worry. Chances are I'llpester ask you again anyway before using any of her telepath abilities in a thread.
Mind reading:
Straight forward, either picking up surface thoughts (her canon does imply that people's thoughts are LOUD on Earth) or if she's allowed to scry deeper. It's worth noting that she was blocked in the series by her target mentally reciting football scores in Spanish, so something similar would likely work if you want an IC reason or method for blocking her. Also, it's hard for her to listen or search really closely without tipping the person off.
Mind links:
She can set up links among people that let them speak to each other. Basically works as a commlink that's purely mental. It also has a fairly large range, at least a mile wide.
Implanting thoughts:
On the one end, she can implant short term alterations to people's thoughts; those will eventually fade out, and are only good for short term espionage work, or confusing someone for a brief period of time. On the other, M'gann has accidentally rewritten her team's perception of reality and put them in comas. That, however is more of a let's-plot-this-out thing.
Mind-Whammy:
This one has two different flavors. One is Psi blasting people, which is basically overloading their mind until they pass out. It tends to leave a nasty headache when they wake up, but can be shrugged off pretty easily. This is the one that I'll ask permission for in the form.
The other is...Well, straight up mental erasing. Basically shredding someone's psyche and effectively lobotomizing them, which would probably count for a death or something close to it in game terms. She's only used this ability once in the first season, while under huge amounts of psychological and emotional stress, and the results were a bit unnerving to see. And I am never, never, NEVER using this ability unless I get expressed "Yeah, it's cool" permission for the specific thread it happens in. Possibly signed in triplicate. Signature in blood being optional. I'm only including it in the permission form so people know she has the ability.
Whew, that should do it. And here is a text box to fill out if you want:
If you change your mind later, or even just want to mull over the info here and not post, don't worry. Chances are I'll
Mind reading:
Straight forward, either picking up surface thoughts (her canon does imply that people's thoughts are LOUD on Earth) or if she's allowed to scry deeper. It's worth noting that she was blocked in the series by her target mentally reciting football scores in Spanish, so something similar would likely work if you want an IC reason or method for blocking her. Also, it's hard for her to listen or search really closely without tipping the person off.
Mind links:
She can set up links among people that let them speak to each other. Basically works as a commlink that's purely mental. It also has a fairly large range, at least a mile wide.
Implanting thoughts:
On the one end, she can implant short term alterations to people's thoughts; those will eventually fade out, and are only good for short term espionage work, or confusing someone for a brief period of time. On the other, M'gann has accidentally rewritten her team's perception of reality and put them in comas. That, however is more of a let's-plot-this-out thing.
Mind-Whammy:
This one has two different flavors. One is Psi blasting people, which is basically overloading their mind until they pass out. It tends to leave a nasty headache when they wake up, but can be shrugged off pretty easily. This is the one that I'll ask permission for in the form.
The other is...Well, straight up mental erasing. Basically shredding someone's psyche and effectively lobotomizing them, which would probably count for a death or something close to it in game terms. She's only used this ability once in the first season, while under huge amounts of psychological and emotional stress, and the results were a bit unnerving to see. And I am never, never, NEVER using this ability unless I get expressed "Yeah, it's cool" permission for the specific thread it happens in. Possibly signed in triplicate. Signature in blood being optional. I'm only including it in the permission form so people know she has the ability.
Whew, that should do it. And here is a text box to fill out if you want:
returning the favour now :B
Date: 2015-06-11 03:16 am (UTC)Mind links? Heck to the yeah.
Thought implanting? Maybe case-by-case depending on what she's doing? It's probably okay though.
Mind-whammy? Psi-blasting, sure. The other stuff would require plotting like you already said. :|b
Questions? If I think of any I'll wander back here!