{"id":"mage/power/rote/possessing-someone-else","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"Possessing Someone Else","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":88}],"entries":["A ghastly variation on self-possession allows the mage to turn some other living thing into a Fetish. Binding a ghost into the living skin of that creature, the medium can either influence the victim’s moods (a {@sphere Spirit|M20} 4/ {@sphere Mind|M20} 2 Effect); command his body ({@sphere Mind|M20} 4/ {@sphere Spirit|M20} 4); plop the ghost into the target’s skin and let them fight it out for dominance ({@sphere Spirit|M20} 4 alone); or simply let the ghost tear him apart from the inside out ({@sphere Spirit|M20} 4/ {@sphere Life|M20} 3 – an attack that inflicts aggravated damage). All forms of this sort of possession are vulgar magick… very nasty vulgar magick too, unless both the ghost and the target are willing participants."],"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/possessing-someone-else","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/possessing-someone-else","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/possessing-someone-else/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":88,"folio":88,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"Possessing Someone Else","props":[],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"A ghastly variation on self-possession allows the mage to turn some other living thing into a Fetish. Binding a ghost into the living skin of that creature, the medium can either influence the victim’s moods (a Spirit 4/ Mind 2 Effect); command his body (Mind 4/ Spirit 4); plop the ghost into the target’s skin and let them fight it out for dominance (Spirit 4 alone); or simply let the ghost tear him apart from the inside out (Spirit 4/ Life 3 – an attack that inflicts aggravated damage).","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}