Avatar Vision

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Avatar Vision (Sensitive) by Taalismn

Range: Self or by touch
Duration: 6d6 melees
I.S.P. cost: 6
Saving Throw: Standard if used on another person
Base Skill: 54%+2% per level of experience
A possible mutation of the Clairvoyance power, Avatar Vision allows the psychic to catch glimpses of a person’s possible other dimensional selves. Though arguably Clairvoyance may be seeing across temporally-skewed alternate universes to see glimpses of what MIGHT be in the viewer’s own universe, Avatar Vision unarguably catches glimpses of what might have BEEN, what otherwise IS, and possibly what could yet BE. Both the psychic and the person they are reading will share a dreamlike state in which 2d4 other ‘selves’ may be viewed, with attendant impressions and stray thoughts of the person(s). As a tool, Avatar Vision shows possible trends and common traits in a person, and probable outcomes(for instance, if visions of slow death predominate in a seeing, it may point to inherent health problems and a tendency to ignore them, while versions showing the person doing evil things may hint at a predilection/susceptibility to temptation, corruption, and evil). Insight into the character of a person may be derived from common traits seen in their other-dimensional selves. Other useful applications of this power may allow the person to see mistakes they made and how to correct them, if other dimensional selves have also made the same mistake(example: seeing several other selves who have invented a particular device may lead the person to revisit a previously abandoned line of thought or project, or look into a specific field of study).
For dimensional travelers, visions brought up by this power may prove useful if they recognize a person’s other-dimensional avatar and/or people and places from their surrounding environment.
If used in a dimensional pyramid or at a leyline nexus, boost duration by 50% and add +5% to the skill; the glimpses will be more detailed, sharper, and longer-lasting.