


Such Mind-based Effects are generally coincidental, although especially flamboyant feats might be vulgar instead. Especially willful people might use their willpower later to resist the command.įor attacks against multiple targets, the difficulty for a Mind-based Effect depends upon the usual coincidental, vulgar, or vulgar with witnesses situations. If the target is forced to do something against their nature, like committing suicide, the attempt becomes more difficult. Offensive Mind effects (those that seek to influence or harm another's mind) base their difficulties on the target's Willpower Trait instead of the vulgar or coincidental spectrum. While Mind is powerful, its effects never materialize in the physical world without the use of auxiliary Spheres. On occasion, they react to thought before they are actually spoken, reading reactions of people in a single glance or form intricately constructed chains of logic on a moment's notice.Įnergies associated with Mind tend to be white or blue in color. They tend to view the world with laser-focus intensity that penetrates illusions to reach their deeper truth. Mages with experience in Mind seem to be in a constant, meditative state. Afterwards, they study the ephemeral Patterns of Mind and independent thought systems, by thinking and not-thinking at the same time. To utilize the Archspheres of Mind, the mage has first to perfect the no-mind technique. However, Mind constructs do seem to take on specific "thought objects." In some cases, a Mind magician can influence a particular concept just like a Pattern Sphere might be used to manipulate a material object. An initiate can often perform tasks similar to what a more experienced mage could do, but not as well or with as much precision or variety. Unlike the orderly Pattern Spheres, Mind magic tends to be a bit more "fuzzy" in its capabilities. Any thinking process can be comprehended and manipulated with sufficient skill. All thought is open to the mage: From the refined sensibilities of human philosophy to the feral instincts of animals.

The Mind magician can use thought to communicate, control, and wipe away the inaccuracies and errors of human misjudgment for the peaceful serenity of total concentration. Such study leads to the investigation of thought, the existence of perfect forms, the idea of intelligence, and inquiry divorced from mere physical form. Since human beings perceive reality through a complex interplay of consciousness, the Mind Sphere affects how a being sees the world around it.
