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The Sanity skill is a person's primary weapon against horrifying situations or unnerving supernatural oddities: extra-dimensional beings, mutilated corpses, visions of the end of the world, twisted scientific experiments, or reduced-calorie fast food.  Anything which threatens to break a character's understanding of reality calls for a [[Sanity]] check.
 
The Sanity skill is a person's primary weapon against horrifying situations or unnerving supernatural oddities: extra-dimensional beings, mutilated corpses, visions of the end of the world, twisted scientific experiments, or reduced-calorie fast food.  Anything which threatens to break a character's understanding of reality calls for a [[Sanity]] check.
 
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{{section|Difficulty|The DL for horrifying phenomena is extremely varied. Your [[GM]] has the final call, as always, for determining DL for these.}}
{{section|Opposed Rolls|Sanity is sometimes rolled in response to spells and similar effects.}}
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{{section|Opposed Rolls|Sanity is rolled in response to Magic Spells and similar effects.}}
 
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Revision as of 16:29, 15 May 2011

Typically used with: Psyche.

In short: don't go crazy. There are those possessed of spiritual fortitude strong enough to shrug off the bizarre, grotesque, and unnatural as though commonplace; souls who have hardened their minds against the unspeakable aspects of the universe.

The Sanity skill is a person's primary weapon against horrifying situations or unnerving supernatural oddities: extra-dimensional beings, mutilated corpses, visions of the end of the world, twisted scientific experiments, or reduced-calorie fast food. Anything which threatens to break a character's understanding of reality calls for a Sanity check.

Difficulty

The DL for horrifying phenomena is extremely varied. Your GM has the final call, as always, for determining DL for these.

Opposed Rolls

Sanity is rolled in response to Magic Spells and similar effects.