The ability to appear dead.
Also Called
- Fake Death
- Playing Dead
Capabilities
The user can appear dead to all/every manner of detecting their state, altering the physical evidence surrounding their alleged death to make it appear real. This can be so powerful, that any manner of proof, such as medical equipment, will align with idea that the user is dead. This allows them to lull their enemies into a false sense of security and evade pursuit.
Associations
- Belief Inducement
- Feign Damage
- Heart Stopping
- Hibernation
- Illusion Manipulation
- Lifeless Body Creation
- Supernatural Survivability
- Teleportation
- Tracking Evasion
Limitations
- User may have to rely on others to "wake them up" again.
- Enemies may carry on assaulting the users body after its apparent death.
Known Users
- Argit (Ben 10)
- Axe Zombies (Blood)
- Death Man/Lord Death Man (Bat Man)
- Spellbinder (Batman Beyond); once made it appear that Batman killed the villain Mad Stan
- Sosuke Aizen (Bleach)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Ravel Puzzlewell (Planescape Torment)
- Greater Dragons (Shadowrun)
- Jobril (Star Trek)
- StormShadow (G.I. Joes)
- Puma Man (Puma Man)
- Spy (Team Fortress 2); via the Dead Ringer
- Tarzan (Tarzan TV series)
Gallery
Sylar (Heroes) once fooled the Company into thinking he was dead, allowing him to escape their custody