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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Post |a=DR-MELETE |t=Re: Shocking Debilitation |d=06/08/2014 09:07 AM CDT |n=1764 |f=The Empaths \ General Discussions - Empaths |c=m,r |p=&#039;&#039;&gt;&gt;Neat thanks. What&#039;s the plan o...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Post<br /> |a=DR-MELETE<br /> |t=Re: Shocking Debilitation<br /> |d=06/08/2014 09:07 AM CDT<br /> |n=1764<br /> |f=The Empaths \ General Discussions - Empaths<br /> |c=m,r<br /> |p=&#039;&#039;&gt;&gt;Neat thanks. What&#039;s the plan on what debilitations are and aren&#039;t {{PRel|Empathic Shock|shocking}}?&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> It&#039;s kind of a complex question that has to be handled on a case by case basis by a GM who understands the shock lore.<br /> <br /> For instance, a thing that stuns someone wouldn&#039;t be shocking (probably) if it used a flash of light as the &#039;stun&#039; mechanism (dazzle). It would be shocking if it induced acute psychic pain (mind shout, maybe?).<br /> <br /> A spell that induces sleep like NB is not shocking, a spell that induces sleep by dropping a tree on your head while leaving you miraculously uninjured would nevertheless be shocking.<br /> <br /> A spell that creates a poison cloud around someone would (probably) be shocking. A spell that summons a giant bee faerie that stings the heck out of the target would not be shocking.<br /> <br /> It basically comes down to the lore of the spell (in a lot of cases) rather than the actual effects of the spell.<br /> <br /> If the empath, by casting the spell, is the agent of direct, physical harm to another living entity, then generally that will be shocking. Sometimes non-physical harm can also be shocking, though.<br /> <br /> The devil is in the details. Is extreme nausea a physical harm? What if you make someone go completely numb, causing them to be more likely to hurt themselves? What if you shift one of their legs to be just a little shorter than the other, causing them to be slightly off balance? Is that direct, physical harm? What if you were able to, somehow, reawaken someone&#039;s latent empathy, causing them to experience the pain of all those around them? Is making someone into an Empath a direct harm to them? It&#039;s a tough call sometimes.<br /> <br /> [[Melete]]<br /> }}</div>

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