controllerbug: (here comes the shitshow)
𝔣𝔩𝔬𝔞𝔱𝑦 𝔪𝔠𝔣𝔩𝔬𝔞𝔱𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 ([personal profile] controllerbug) wrote2017-06-30 11:57 pm

powers & permissions


POWERS
THE MOST POWERFUL PRACTITIONER OF PSYCHOKINESIS AND TELEPATHY IN THE WOoOoORLD


While Psycho Mantis' particular skillset seems to mostly be "whatever would be the most annoying to deal with from a gameplay perspective," for the sake of consistency, he's variously shown to be able to:

  • read minds — emotions, thoughts, memories, etc.
  • psychically control people
  • temporarily implant false memories and brainwash people
  • create apparitions and illusions
  • teleport, at a fairly close range
  • throw fire around
  • move objects up to the size of giant robots, apparently
  • create psychic barriers
  • hover around like a weird spooky jerk
  • break the fourth wall like it's his job


In MGSV, his range is said to be around three miles, and in MGS1, he has an entire base full of soldiers brainwashed and still has time to float around his lushly decorated office yelling about the save files on your PlayStation memory card. Wow! But he's a video game midboss and destined to lose important fights anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In terms of weaknesses to all this bullshit, characters with strong wills or other types of psychic shielding (implants, canonically, but anything goes in a jamjar) can resist what he does, and I'm willing to play pretty fast and loose with this for the sake of not being a complete godmoding asshole here.

PERMISSIONS

The fun part! Anything deeper than a quick read of surface thoughts/emotions will, of course, be handled on a case by case basis and coordinated OOC! But I'd appreciate it if you could fill in a really quick opt-in/opt-out for basic stuff.



Alternately: a full opt-out! MGS deals with some heavy themes (war! child soldiers! torture! human experimentation! et cetera!), and Mantis himself is a pretty unpleasant person. If you'd like to opt out of being tagged entirely, either fill this out or send me a PM!


shashka: icon credit <user name="roflskate"> unless otherwise indicated (Default)

[personal profile] shashka 2017-07-04 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Character Name / Journal: Pistol Bobcat
Preferred Contact: [plurk.com profile] roflskate
Can Mantis read your MIND and/or FEELINGS?: Yes... he's been trying to convince everyone that psychics are totally a thing and invest in psychic resistance training/psychic gear and stuff. But people were initially reluctant until they saw the floating kid I WONDER WHO THAT WAS.
Fourthwalling?: This is mgs who am I to say no.
Anything Else?: He thinks about John a lot. But do you need a psychic to tell you that?