The ability to induce confusion. Variation of Emotion Inducement and Mental Inducement.
Also Called
- Bewilderment Inducement
Capabilities
User can cause confusion (temporary interference with the clear working of targets mind) in a person or group of people. Depending of the power of user and/or attack this can cause momentary or longer lasting inability to focus attention, loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location, and/or personal identity), disordered memory (ability to correctly recall previous events or learn new material).
Applications
- Misdirection
- Cause confusion in a person or crowd.
- Distract the target just long enough to slip by.
Variations
Associations
- Brainwave Manipulation
- Fatigue Manipulation
- Emotion Inducement
- Memory Manipulation
- Mental Hallucination
- Mental Inducement
- Mind Control
Limitations
- Users of Psychic Shield are either immune or highly resistant.
- Strong-willed or focused people are likely to be able to resist this attack or at least recover quickly.
- Prolonged use of this ability may lead to severe - if not permanent - damage to the user's mind.
Known Users
- Edgar Roni Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
- Eris/Discordia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Pokémon that can use confusion inducing attacks (Pokémon)
- Taylor and Tara Ridley (Michael Vey series)
- Arme (Grand Chase)
- Psychics (Psychonauts)
- Cobra (Psychonauts)
- Mutant Rats (Psychonauts)
- Magic Users (Harry Potter); via the Confundus Charm
Known Objects
- The Orb of Confusion (Spongebob Squarepants)
- Brain Tanks (Psychonauts)
- Staffs of Confusion (Bionicle)
Gallery
Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) using the Confundus Charm.
Psychics (Psychonauts) can induce confusion in the form of confusion grenades.
Armed with the brains of the psychic children of Whispering Rocks, the Brain Tanks (Psychonauts) are capable of tossing an endless supply of confusion grenades.
Cobra (Psychonauts) has the ability "Confusion Hood", which can induce confusion.
Due to the rich amount of psitanium in the food-chain, the Rats in Thorny Towers (Psychonauts) are able to self-destruct, leaving a cloud of confusion on anybody who is caught in it.