Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25857155-20150111054847/@comment-26018514-20150310205304

JayHart wrote:

For the charm semblance... I rather like the idea of it working only on those who have some sort of attraction to the user already. Like... if the semblance user is male, and the target is an androphobe, it would fail. If the target is a dog who might like people, it would work. If the target were a cat with a past of being abused by humans, it would fail. Make sense? The strength would vary depending on the target and amount of Aura applied, but would be weaker by default when applied to multiple targets, thus balancing the possibility of a horde of drooling sycophants. It would be stronger on people who were already attracted or emotionally attached. I've been thinking it might do to use an exponential(and negative) scale based on:

1. current fondness/feelings

2. Aura used

3. will "resistance"

4. task variance from normal function

5. Semblance backlash

how this would work:

lets say Arthur likes her(1), she imparts a very small amount of aura(2), he has a strong will(3) she asks him to escort her to her room(4)

since 1 effectively negates 3 in respect to 4, 2 was barely needed so he does the task, 5 doesn't come into play because of the negation and lack of aura use.

however if in the same example her value for 2 was "pours on the Aura", 3 would create backlash(5) and his will(3) and personal opinion(1) would both increase in resistance to her aura, making it so even something as easy and common as 4 would become difficult to maintain.

likewise, if 4 was "kill yourself" and 2 was very little aura, even if will(3) was weak, the resulting backlash(5) would essentially make will(3)the equivalent of strong, and the "likes"(1) to "irritated by"(if they had a stronger will or already disliked it would bump up to "irrational hatred"