Landscape

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Landscape: [Major] by Iczer

'I have alway appreciated living here by the ocean. In Arizona'

The character can produce realistic, 3 dimensional illusions of artifical and natural environments. All the character can produce are landscape style images, though these images are interactive. Palm trees sway in the real breeze, and the images contain background noise, the sensation of warmth and coolness as well as a localised sense of smell. the character can perform any and all of the following effects:

1) Mask his surroundings. By creating an illusionary environment, the character can create visual cover. while the cover would feel real to a soft touch, any pressure at all causes the cover to part.

2) Protection from the elements. This power also comes with a real ability to alter localised temperatures by 30 degrees, with an upper limit of 100 degrees and a lower limit of 40 degrees. thus in a blazing desert, the character could create respite from the searing heat, by dropping the local temperature.

3) Pain't others: While the illusion isn't detailed enough to populate it with illusionary people or animals, the character can 'paint' the locals to match his illusionary environment. Cars can be made to resemble herds of zebra, pedestrians a horde of flamingo's. this painting is tied to the overall illusion. the character cannot arbitarilly make an individual resemble a local celebrity. like the grander landscape illusion, anyone can simply scrape the illusion off themselves.

4) Illusiory disguise: the character can use this to alter his appearance to resemble anything he can imagine though, within the basic volume of his own body. unlike the painting above, the character is not restricted by any other illusiory landscape. He could appear as the local mayor, or an orangutan, or a life sized cartoon care bare, just by coating himself with illusion. like the illusiory disguises above, any solid connection, any scrape or impact will shake the illusion off.

5) Scope: the illusiory landscape can cover an area as small as 10 feet wide, and 10 feet high, or a dome up to 100 feet in radius per level. The illusion comes from creating semi solid holographic paint, and as such cannot be seen through (though a perception check 15 could see 'hints' of what is underneath a coat). The illusion lasts for 15 minutes per level, or until dispelled, though if the character remains in the area, the duration is technically indefinate.

6) Other abilities: The character can make things transperant, though not invisible by the use of this power. His ability to recall details of landscapes are excellent. His imagination and memory fuel this power, so an illusionary radio could play music all day long (but without the ability to tap into real radio, the sounds are just from memory or imagination). He can make things flouresse if need be, but if he lacks the ability to sense certain details, then his ability is flawed (he could make 'water' turn green around him, but if he were not paying attention, he would also turn vodka green as well. Likewise he could turn poison green, but unless he knew where the poison was in the first place it would remain unchanged)