Tactile Empathy

The ability to sense, understand and/or manipulate emotions through touch. Variation of Empathy.

Also Called

 * Self-Empathy
 * Touch Empathy

Capability
User can wield empathic abilities through physical contact with a subject. Tactile engagement initiates one’s ability to read temperaments, detect mood shifts and even control the emotional states of others.

Applications

 * Empathy (personal)
 * Emotion Detection (physical touch)
 * Empathic Shadow
 * Empathic Combat
 * Empathic Healing
 * Empathic Inundation
 * Empathic Shield

Associations

 * Emotion Manipulation

Limitation

 * Emotion Absorption/Emotion Inversion/Emotion Locking/Emotion Manipulation/Emotion Negation/Emotion Removal/Emotion Separation/Emotional Vampirism
 * User is limited to physical contact.
 * Depends on the user level and mastery over this power.
 * May only work on certain beings or certain body parts.
 * Overly emotional states could overwhelm the user.

Known Users

 * Mary “Zed” Martin (Arrowverse/Constantine)
 * The Crow (The Crow series)
 * Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
 * Maxime (Marvel Comics)
 * Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)