{"id":"mage/power/rote/heartbreak-slap","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Heartbreak Slap","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":64}],"entries":["{@sphere Mind|M20} 3 can deck the opponent with a {@rote Psychic Blast|HDYDT}, as in the feat of that name detailed in the Uncanny Influence section, p. 122. {@sphere Life|M20} 3/ {@sphere Mind|M20} 3 can turn that into a Psychic Shatter, as described in the same section. The {@sphere Mind|M20} 2 variation is generally coincidental, but the brain-shredding “shatter” is distinctly not.","In this feat, the real damage comes from the psychic attack, not from the physical blow – see Violence as a Focus in Mage 20, Chapter Nine, p. 413. Story-wise, this could be the proverbial “heartbreak slap” that hurts more on the inside than on the outside."],"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/heartbreak-slap","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/heartbreak-slap","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/heartbreak-slap/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":64,"folio":64,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Heartbreak Slap","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Mind 3 can deck the opponent with a Psychic Blast, as in the feat of that name detailed in the Uncanny Influence section, p. 122. Life 3/ Mind 3 can turn that into a Psychic Shatter, as described in the same section.","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}