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A powerful cursed technique used by descendants of the ancient sorcerer Dhruv Lakdawala and heavily inspired by Indian Philosophy and principles.

The Five Kleshas Technique works through seance to grant the user the abilities of ancient spirits, letting them do things they normally wouldnt be capable of, granting a set of five different sub-techniques.

The Five Kleshas Technique comes with a very large mental cost, being very taxing on the brain to use, as the wielder would be forced to take in abstract concepts that come from the spiritual realm into their mind to be capable of fully accessing the techniques.

Avidya(अविद्या):

*In its neutral state, Avidya manifests in the form of gray hands with the sanskrit word carved over them in red covering the eyes of the user, and a third eye appearing in the spot of a human's Anja Chakra. Though the eyes are covered, the user gains enhanced perception, capable of perceiving events at more than twice the speed of normal sorcerers, making it nearly impossible to hit the user while Avidya is active.

Avidya sub-techniques:

Mark of Ignorance: Upon coming into physical contact with an opponent while Avidya is active, the user can place a mark upon the opposing sorcerer or curse, this mark will hinder the opponent's senses, weakening their effectiveness, while also making it harder for them to sense external cursed energy sources, this mark can only be removed when either the user themselves choose to remove it, or when the user is knocked out.

Curse of Futility: Through a series of chants, the user is capable of casting a powerful curse unto the opponent, causing similar gray hands to the ones that Avidya's neutral state uses to cover the opponent's eyes and ears, this causes them to lose all sight and hearing while the curse is active, forcing them to move and fight through only cursed energy signatures alone.

Asmita(अस्मिता):

*In its neutral state, Asmita appears on the user as a lion mask that covers their face, their body gains a massive physical boost, much more compared to regular reinforcement, making them a force to be reckoned with, regular strikes become much more powerful and cursed energy blasts can be used with more potency and accuracy

Asmita sub-techniques:

Prideful Power: The more prideful the user feels at the moment, the more and more power they can charge up, making their body bulge up with muscle, this sub-technique can be used alongside Golden Arsenal.

Golden Arsenal: The user can summon an arsenal of different golden weapons, matching the preference of the user's fighting style, allowing them to leverage their skills further against an opponent, this can be combined with Prideful Power to strenghten the weapons themselves.

Lion's Call: When using this sub-technique, the user lets out a roar charged with cursed energy, releasing a shockwave that can send enemies flying away, the more cursed energy is charged into the roar, and the louder it is, the larger and more powerful the shockwave will become.

Raga(राग):

*In its neutral state, Raga appears on its user as two pairs of extra arms that are spider-like in nature, these can be used to spin up sticky webs that can be used for offense, defense, support, or even movement.

Raga sub-techniques:

Web of Obssession: This technique allows the user to create a web of cursed strings with a powerful hallucinogenic toxin, this toxin causes the user to see pleasant sights, generally tied to things that they are attached to, leading to the user lowering their guard, the hallucinations are so real, affected often forget about the fight they were having entirely.

Soul Cocoon: Using Raga's webs, the user creates a cocoon either around themselves or around an ally to protect and heal them over time, the healing isnt instantaneous like regular RCT, instead being a slower recovery, though it usually only takes an hour to heal serious injuries.

Dvesa(द्वेष):

*In its neutral state, Dvesa appears as an invisible forcefield around the target that pushes attacks away, being similar to Infinity or Sky Manipulation in a sense, any attack or dangerous object that approaches will be deflected off the forcefield, physically, the technique is active when a set of tattoos appear underneath the eyes of the user.

Dvesa sub-techniques:

Energy Diversion: The user can focus the avertive effects of Dvesa to control the direction of the diverted energy, allowing them to create mirror-like panes around the area that bounce attacks around like ping pong balls, or take full control over a major attack and force it to chase down its original user.

Photon Focus: By using the avertive effects of Dvesa, the user can focus a large amount of light from the area to release a powerful beam of light capable of piercing through pretty much any barrier, making it an incredibly powerful offensive ability.

Pain Aversion: Through Dvesa, the user can avert their own injuries or an ally's, being a temporary quick fix for serious damage, but not a perfect solution, as the injuries will slowly return to normal unless patched up or properly healed.

Abhinivesha(अभिनिवेश):

*The most powerful of the five seances that The Five Kleshas Technique can access, Abhinivesha grants the user a complete revival of the body that can only be used once on themselves, only being capable of activating right after death, being an automatic activation, when it activates, the sanskrit of Abhinivesha will be carved upon the user's chest or back and a set of ceremonial buddhist tattoos will cover the user's body, after activation, Abhinivesha removes the user's human limits, allowing for them to use all other seances at once, in return, it will considerably reduce the user's lifespan.

I saw a video about dreams recently which led to me remembering this dream i had, so i NEED to put this here before i forget again

The dream starts off with a whole SWAT team breaking into an abandoned mansion, they're equipped with rifles and all of that stuff, but i was more like watching from afar, like a ghost watching someone else do something, and as they went in the whole place looked more and more creepy, with rundown halls and cobwebs everywhere, the vibe was like a resident evil campaign.

Then they went into this hallway with two doors, entering the first was a wide square bedroom, with a wardrobe and everything, and there were porcelain baby dolls EVERYWHERE, like, literally all over the room, sitting on the bed, on the desk, on top and inside the wardrobe, which slowly opened up in a creepy way, then they all jumped at the SWAT team like rabid dogs, i got super scared but somehow didnt wake up, and the team destroyed all the dolls.

The other room was a big ass kitchen, and at first it looked normal, and i thought that too, then they started searching it, and the one that i was following the POV of looked under the dining table and there was this weird fleshy blobfish thing almost as long and wide as the table itself, and it looked so weird and squishy and wet, and as the guy was talking to the others, the thing jumped on him and started pulling him, i remember vividly sleeptalking and saying "no no, dont go there, nO NO- OH GOD", then i woke up in a cold sweat the next morning.

doesnt help that i remember watching a video on resident evil 2 (i think, cant remember very well) right before going to sleep that night, and it was so weird that it became a recurring nightmare for a couple days, i genuenily have no idea what it meant or why i had it.

my game is lagging like crazy (potato pc problems) so i wanted to try and see if there's an optimizer for the game