{"id":"mage/power/rote/paradigms-and-science","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Paradigms and Science","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":121}],"entries":["One important note: Physical-chemistry adjustments MUST fit the paradigm of the mage who’s attempting to use them. A faith-driven priest, for example, probably won’t pray for Jesus to adjust his testosterone! And so, the mage who uses this technique must have a world-view that includes an effective knowledge of body-chemistry and its possibilities.","There’s also a big difference between knowing that you can adjust your pheromones and knowing how to do so in the desired manner. And so, a perfectly fair optional rule would require a","character to have at least three dots in {@ability Science|V20} with a biochemistry specialty before he could tweak body chemistry with such influential results. A mage could try to perform this feat without the proper knowledge, but he might not get results he had hoped for…","And then, there’s simple blunt trauma – the flood of psychic energy that sends the target into agonized spasms. That mental assault could involve intense emotion, sensory or energetic overload, sudden madness, psychological pain, or an all-out skull-rupturing blast of deadly psychic force."],"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/paradigms-and-science","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/paradigms-and-science","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/paradigms-and-science/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":121,"folio":121,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Paradigms and Science","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"One important note: Physical-chemistry adjustments MUST fit the paradigm of the mage who’s attempting to use them. A faith-driven priest, for example, probably won’t pray for Jesus to adjust his testosterone! And so,","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}