Mind Control and Body Control Spells vs Elder Things in DF

[mlangsdorf]

Mind Control spells are probably not metabolic hazards, since they don't affect all of the living in that they specifically don't affect animals. As written, they don't affect robots, but there's every reason to believe that a mind control spell would work on a Transhuman Space sapient AI or ghost-brain, as both of those have racial IQs of 6+, free will, and neither has Immunity to Mind Control. Mind control spells that probably work on

Since the Sleep and Daze spells are probably not Metabolic Hazards, ItMH shouldn't affect them. Just like the Psychic Healing ability Sleep (Psionic Powers p 49) isn't a metabolic hazard, even though it puts people to sleep the same way a Sleep spell would.