Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20190630171456/@comment-38934077-20190906053549

Sour:

Omniscience is knowledge of everything, even to the atomic level. That seems impossible. I also feel that this perception semblance would be better reflavoured as a basic spherical aura dome if you are going for near omniscience of the surrounding area, as the thought of aura tendrils attaching to every object would be both hard to picture having near omniscience. Regardless, this is an extremely powerful semblance because of the ability to sense every single movement a split second before it happens, giving semi-divinative powers. While this would not be as bull as Maria's preflexes and Qrow's bad luck, this would still be an extremely effective ability for spying, reconissance, mobility, and strategizing from a safe location. Based on some opinions, this could also be used as a lie detector via body analysis, weakpoint detection via body structure analysis, or the negation of the advantages of stealth semblances. Eh, I can safely say I wasn't attempting to go that far with the semblance. "Omniscience" was just the most accurate word I could think of to describe the kind of feedback he gets from his tendrils. It would be better to say that the user just "knows" what's happening within each tendril's radius.

The best explanation I can give is that it's kinda like reading, except instead of actually seeing the words, they're just put directly into your mind. The words may not necessarily be in order. Also paragraphs keep randomly disappearing. Also the pages turn by themselves, regardless of whether you're done or not, and whether or not you can return to a previous page is a toss-up. Also specific sentences occasionally get stuck in your head, and they may or may not have the context required to fully understand them. Also the story is always incomplete, so you have to piece it together with the information you've been given.

I went with the tendrils instead of just a dome because I felt like it would be interesting for him to have multiple constantly shifting "blind spots" that doesn't really have any control over. It forces him to get good at memorization and positioning, and it opens up the opportunity for a skilled enough fighter to exploit these blind spots to gain an advantage.