Your wolf has gained the ability to tune into the feelings and emotions of other wolves. This unique ability will affect every wolf differently, drawing on their strength of character and allowing them to read, influence or draw power from emotions.
The stage descriptions which follow are unique to your character, and are known descriptively as the talents of the Soothing Empath. This variety of empath is skilled at reading emotions, and dulling the flames of intense and violent emotions.
TIER RATING
This is a tier one ability.
STAGES
STAGE 1: Beginning stage
Other wolves seem to feel noticeably more relaxed in your company, but after a while, you start to feel drained and may become irritable. During this stage, the only way you can provide calm to others, is by passively absorbing their negative emotion and keeping it as your own.
STAGE 2: Intermediate
Acquired by completing three pieces of artwork or roleplay that relate directly to your ability
Your wolf can now passively calm others with less absorption, meaning that they can do so more often and in slightly larger groups, with less adverse effects to their own self. Your wolf can now also read and sense emotions in others, even if they have not confessed the feeling.
STAGE 3: Master
Acquired by completing a further three pieces of artwork or roleplay that relate directly to your ability.
In addition to the above, your character can now focus and direct their calming energies. They can actively focus on one target to calm a violent rage or soothe an intense sadness, bringing - or forcing, depending on your point of view - the target to return to a neutral state. The empath can also focus a calming energy on a small group (maximum of 5) in necessary situations (for example, if a possible fight were about to begin with multiple characters). The more intense the emotion, the longer cooldown period the empath must wait afterward before they are able to focus or direct their ability again.
OVERALL RESTRICTIONS
This ability removes some autonomy from the characters controlled by other players. As such, it is absolutely critical that you obtain permission from others prior to using this ability in interactions with them, and clearly explain the effects of the ability to the parties involved to prevent any confusion.
Until stage 3, this ability is passive. Through stages 1 and 2, the Soothing Empath cannot direct or focus their ability in any way.
The Soothing Empath can sense the following emotions: Hate, anticipation, regret, worry, frustration, stress, sadness, anger, fear.
The Soothing Empath can manipulate (soothe) the following emotions: Worry, frustration, stress, sadness, anger, fear.
No type of empath can sense or manipulate love.
If you’d like to explore an emotion that is not listed, please ask staff before doing so to confirm if the emotion would be permitted, or suitable for your empath type.
In all stages, large groups (groups of 8 or more) are sure to overwhelm any kind of empath. Due to the high concentration of emotions, such a situation may render their ability completely useless, and will very quickly drain their physical strength as they struggle to deal with the large concentration. The larger the group, the greater the empath is likely to be weakened, particularly in the lower stages of their ability. Typically in this situation, an empath would need to withdraw from the area entirely to recover.