{"id":"mage/power/rote/disrupting-bodily-functions","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Disrupting Bodily Functions","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":34}],"entries":["Organisms employ electrical charges and chemical reactions. And so, it stands to reason that a mage whose paradigm accepts and understands this fact could disrupt bodily functions with {@sphere Forces|M20}, {@sphere Matter|M20}, or both. Someone who knows little or nothing about bioelectrical impulses, on the other hand, couldn’t do the same thing until he understood that such a thing is possible; see","In theory, this sort of disruption could simply require Forces 2 (to alter electrical impulses) or Matter 2 (to change minerals or chemicals within the body). In actually, it also demands Life 3 in order to significantly impair a functioning organism. Those minerals and impulses are still part of a larger whole within a complex Pattern, and so Forces or Matter alone will not do the job."],"tags":["hdydt","feat"],"_qa":{"flags":[],"parser":"headed_entries","confidence":0.9,"extracted":"2026-10-12","job":"hdydt-feats"},"level":null,"_links":{"self":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/disrupting-bodily-functions","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/disrupting-bodily-functions","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/disrupting-bodily-functions/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":34,"folio":34,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Disrupting Bodily Functions","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Organisms employ electrical charges and chemical reactions. And so, it stands to reason that a mage whose paradigm accepts and understands this fact could disrupt bodily functions with Forces, Matter, or both. Someone","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}