Vulnerability Inducement

Vulnerability Inducement
Pac-Man (Pac-Man) is able to make ghosts around him temporary vulnerable by consuming Power Pellets.
Power/Ability to:	Make your opponents vulnerable.

"Oh, God. no!"

"Oh, God. No," what?"

"He ate the Power Pellet! Pac-Man's got 10 seconds where he can eat us!"

― Sam Brenner, Violet and Ludlow Lamonsoff (Pixels)

The ability to make opponents physically and mentally weak. Sub-power of Weakness Manipulation. Variation of Inducement.

Also Called

• Durability Draining
• Weakening

Capabilities

The user can manipulate someone's weak spots or durability to be on a level lower than an opponent's strength. This can also apply to an opponent's mentality being manipulated to have them feel weakened.

Applications

• Fear Inducement
• Hallucination Inducement
• Weakness Inducement

Associations

• Data Absorption
• Energy Drain
• Interpretability Reduction
• Limit Manipulation
• Weakness Manipulation
• Weakness Strike

Limitations

• Target(s) that are already physically weak or do not doubt themselves may not be affected.
• Users of Absolute Invulnerability, Flawless Indestructibility and Immutability are immune.
• User must know what makes their target vulnerable.
  • How vulnerable the target becomes may not be controllable.
  • Vulnerability may only be a small/specific spot.

Known Users

• Pac-Man (Pac-Man)
• Mages (RPGs); via Defense lowering magic
• Rose Wilson (DC Comics)
• Pokémon with defense-lowering attacks (Pokémon)
• PSI users capable of using Offense Down (MOTHER series)
• Zelda (Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks)
• Clerics (Fat Princess)
• Zenyatta (Overwatch); via Discord Orb
• Mera Salamin (Epithet Erased): via her epithet Fragile.

Gallery

Lady Mera Salamin (Epithet Erased) can use her epithet "Fragile" to make anything frail.