Non-Lethal Damage

Lethal Inability
As the result of the rules place by his adoptive mother and Jacob, The Man in Black (Lost) was unable to kill Jacob or his candidates, and required a third party to kill Jacob and tried to trick the candidates into killing each other
Power/Ability to:	fatally injure without causing death.

The power to maim or injute without actually killing. Sub-power of Fun Lord, self-limited variation of Causality Manipulation.

Also Called

• Non-lethal Damage

Capabilities

User can hurt or otherwise injure others without killing them. This power is distinct from bestowing immortality onto others as those subject to the user's powers are still capable of dying do to natural causes or by third party.

This power generally manifests in two forms:

"Realistic": the subject will die without corporeal necessities or without the use of organs meant to fight off diseases.

"Absurd": the user dismembers, eviscerates and decapitates without the subject being actually maimed. The subject retains a degree of control over any limbs that were severed and be able to reattach the body parts of themselves or others who share their disposition. The subject's sensory organs still also function even without being connected to their brain.

Applications

• Body Dismemberment
• Torment Inducement

Associations

• Causality Manipulation
• Fun Lord

Limitations

• User can still allow others to die through inaction.
• May be active all the time and require a third party to kill someone on the user's behalf.
• May only be able to use this power when it's funny.

Known Users

• Lamp-bound genies (Aladdin)
• The Man in Black (Lost)
• Jacob (Lost)