Telempathy

Telempathy Mystical  Basic  400 hours  Psionic
Broadcasting exactly how you feel to others is a talent that many people wish they have, but very rarely does someone wish that anyone else has. You can send your feelings into another person's mind--or everyone's mind--nearby, up to a couple hundred feet or so. Note that neither Empathy nor Telepathy are prerequisite skills; it is quite possible to have Telempathy alone. Emotional state (angry, sad, fearful, greedy), general impressions ("I don't like you" or "this tastes good"), and simple physical sensations (pain, coldness, or what their breath smells like) can be sent. You are limited to whatever emotions or other feelings you are experiencing at the time. You cannot, for example, broadcast feelings of violent hatred & the putrescence of sour milk as you walk through a restaurant just because you think it's funny. You could, however, think about doing so, then broadcast your resulting good mood to all of the eatery's patrons. To some extent, you must be currently experiencing whatever it is you want to send. The intensity of the feelings sent are directly related to how you are experiencing them yourself. It is possible to remember a painful situation and broadcast that, but the memory (and thus the sending) isn't likely to be quite so strong as it was the first time. That is, you could recall the time your puppy died, and inflict that sadness on everyone nearby. Those nearby won't know it's how you felt at nine years old when Scruffles got run over, they will only feel the sadness. Unless they are completely stupid, most people will readily recognise that someone is telempathically sending the emotions--the recipient is not feeling it themselves. They will not mistake your feelings for their own any more than you can say something and them think that they were the one that said it. So, no, you cannot make the guy who just stabbed you suffer the same shock penalty--you can make him feel the hurt just as much, but he will still know it comes from your gut. It might even make him feel proud of the cut... Emotions are contagious, however. One person's righteous indignation can rapidly spread through a crowd even without a psionic push. Trying to incense or calm a group of people can be greatly aided by using this skill, as they can share your hatred, feel your sincerity & tranquillity, or fully appreciate your disgust. It is possible to edit what feelings are broadcast, as well as their intensity levels. When trying to calm an angry mob, for example, you can choose not to broadcast your fear, turn down the volume on your prejudicial dislike, and keep your feeling of hope at maximum. You are limited in your edits much like sound in a mixing board: you can cut back or tweak, but not add or substantially change.
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