Deprivation

"Dad. Dead for almost 20 years, and still taking me to school."

"The proposed element should serve as a viable replacement for palladium."

"Thanks dad."

― Tony Stark and Jarvis (Iron Man 2)

The power to telepathically interact with or as abstract or non-corporeal entities. Sub-power of Telepathy and Mediumship.

Also Called[]

Abstract/Conceptual/Ghost/Non-Corporeal/Phantasmic/Spirit/Transcendent/Undead Telepathy
Meta-Telepathy
Psychosomatic Manipulation
Telepathic Order

Capabilities[]

User can telepathically interact or transmit information to and from/as abstract concepts/manifestations, transcendent beings, non-entities, spirits, the shapeless souls of the unborn, and the psychic residue of the dead.

This power is an extremely rare ability usually displayed by deceased telepaths, mediums, or extremely powerful celestial beings. On the ethereal plane, this power is used to keep malefic spirits and apparitions in order by manipulating their ectoplasmic brain patterns and causing whatever past thoughts and desires they had while living to be returned to their psyche. It is usually employed by infernal beings to psychically ensnare the astral bodies of the dead and/or whoever partakes in their dark deals.

Applications[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

May only be able to absorb the thoughts of one deceased person or concept at a time.
The amount of time needed to charge the power to full capacity.
Echos of the deceased may be overpowering.
User could be driven insane.
Ghostly thoughts may haunt the user.
Cannot read the minds of living beings without first communing with a closely related specter.

Known Users[]

Martians (DC Comics); while Intangible
The Spectre (DC Comics)
Kelemvor (Forgotten Realms)
Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
Death (Mythology/Folklore)
Various Underworld Deities (Mythology/Folklore)
- Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
- Hades (Greek Mythology)
Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
Ro Ryou (The Outcast)