[quote=@Lovejoy]
[@Sisyphus] I love the trickster idea but I'm a bit weary about players being able to control other players' characters through mind control (if that's what  your building this power up to), so I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be with that. Not to say that that's what your character would do, but the possibility alone makes me question if it'd be fair to other people's characters. Could you tell me a bit more about how it would work?
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Oof, hadn't even considered that, that's a good point. The way I figured it would work would be that he could essentially charge a simple command or a question with ether such that anyone listening was compelled to answer or obey - it would take less ether for easy things, like 'sit down' or 'what's your name?', but the more complex it got it would eat more into the ether supply. It might also have some offensive ability if you'd be willing to allow that, like a command of 'hurt' causing someone to get a headache. If you're worried about player abuse, which is totally fair, perhaps the explanation could be that it's a rather inelegant technique, and anyone who was skilled in etheric manipulation (such as the other players) could counter it without even really trying? Again, I've got some other character concepts if this doesn't pan out, so if you don't think it'll work all you need to do is say so and I'll get cracking on one of those.