{"id":"mage/power/rote/the-mind-altering-punch","type":"power","system":"rote","line":"mage","name":"The Mind-Altering Punch","sources":[{"source":"HDYDT","page":64}],"entries":["Violence has a visceral effect on living things. Most organisms have an instinctive aversion to being hurt… and often, to hurting some other living things without a good reason to do so; on the flipside, violence can also send a creature into instant fury. And so, by adding a mental-emotional “push” to a physical blow, a martial artist can discourage his opponent, infuriate her, stun her, or – in advanced situations – even hit her so hard that she forgets who she is. “Stay DOWN!”","In game terms, Mind 2 sends an emotional impulse to the opponent. Essentially, this works like the Predator’s Eye feat, added to the damage of a physical blow. To resist that impulse, the target needs to make a Willpower roll (difficulty 6) and gain more successes than the mage who hit her has rolled. Since violence often makes folks rethink their priorities, this feat is generally coin-cidental unless the mage is absurdly showy about what he’s doing (“Feel my mighty mind-prowess destroy your will to fight, puny mortal!!!”) Heartbreak Slap"],"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/the-mind-altering-punch","html":"/records/mage/power/rote/the-mind-altering-punch","parent":null,"children":"/api/v1/records/mage/power/rote/the-mind-altering-punch/children","sources":[{"abbr":"HDYDT","page":64,"folio":64,"title":"How Do You DO That?"}]},"_db":{"title":"The Mind-Altering Punch","props":[["Spheres","Mind 2, Mind 3, Life 3/ Mind 3, Mind 4"]],"parent_id":null,"level":null,"category":null,"summary":"Violence has a visceral effect on living things. Most organisms have an instinctive aversion to being hurt… and often, to hurting some other living things without a good reason to do so; on the flipside, violence can also send a creature into instant fury.","tags":["feat","hdydt"],"children":[]}}