Malphas's Shedim Band Attunement

JCurwen3 · 04-10-2011, 10:04 AM

It says that his Shedim "drive away their host's minds entirely and need no Will rolls to assert control".

Am I correct in assuming that this means that their hosts won't "remember" what the Shedite did while in possession of their bodies (since they technically weren't around, or were for all functional purposes unconscious)?

robkelk · 04-10-2011, 10:34 AM

I believe so, yes.

It's very much like the Kyriotate resonance sending the host's mind to The Marches, and those people don't remember what the Kyrio did afterwards.

Rocket Man · 04-10-2011, 09:28 PM

It sounds like in this case, they literally factionalize the mind ... the host goes off into a sealed vault somewhere while the Shedite runs rampant.

JCD · 04-10-2011, 09:57 PM

I wonder what the incidence of multiple personality disorder is in former Shedim 'horses'.

Matthias Wasser · 04-10-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocket Man

It sounds like in this case, they literally factionalize the mind ... the host goes off into a sealed vault somewhere while the Shedite runs rampant.

I kinda dislike the Attunement choice for this reason. Politics is what you get when there are three or more people present, but this power makes it as though there's only an un-factiony one.

Azel · 04-11-2011, 03:09 AM

It definitely leaves clean up duties to the poor 'horses' afterwards, doesn't it? Must be pretty horrible when someone tells you to do something (or signs off the forms) and then later comes back with "I do not recall." Put that on both sides, where each party witnesses the other, and later fights based on "can't remember" v. "I just saw you do it!" and it's very Faction-fun.

Probably more of a results-based resonance, than a flavor-based one. The faction ends justify the lone decision maker means. That and Malphas is more about everyone becoming a faction of one, of isolation, not so much about the interaction known as politics. He just excels in causing chaos in such a milieu. Doubting your own mind (or your friends'), with all those amnesiac gaps, definitely sounds like the sort of mistrust factions would enjoy.

edit: I can just see it now, a lapse of Malphas being honest, "I don't care whether you talk to anybody, or your memories make sense, or you chose your own descent into darkness. I just care that you break. Into little pieces. To be left all alone. Forever. Trust me... you'll like it!"

04-10-2011, 10:04 AM	#1
JCurwen3 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY	Malphas's Shedim Band Attunement It says that his Shedim "drive away their host's minds entirely and need no Will rolls to assert control". Am I correct in assuming that this means that their hosts won't "remember" what the Shedite did while in possession of their bodies (since they technically weren't around, or were for all functional purposes unconscious)? __________________ -JC

04-10-2011, 10:34 AM	#2
robkelk Untitled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: between keyboard and chair	Re: Malphas's Shedim Band Attunement I believe so, yes. It's very much like the Kyriotate resonance sending the host's mind to The Marches, and those people don't remember what the Kyrio did afterwards. __________________ Rob Kelk “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” – Bernard Baruch, Deming (New Mexico) Headlight, 6 January 1950 No longer reading these forums regularly.

04-10-2011, 09:28 PM	#3
Rocket Man Petitioner: Word of IN Filk Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Longmont, CO	Re: Malphas's Shedim Band Attunement It sounds like in this case, they literally factionalize the mind ... the host goes off into a sealed vault somewhere while the Shedite runs rampant. __________________ “It's not railroading if you offer the PCs tickets and they stampede to the box office, waving their money. Metaphorically speaking” --Elizabeth McCoy, In Nomine Line Editor Author: "What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger"

04-10-2011, 09:57 PM	#4
JCD Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birthplace of the Worst Pizza on the Planet	Re: Malphas's Shedim Band Attunement I wonder what the incidence of multiple personality disorder is in former Shedim 'horses'.

04-11-2011, 03:09 AM	#6
Azel Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: South of the Town across from the City by the Bay	Re: Malphas's Shedim Band Attunement It definitely leaves clean up duties to the poor 'horses' afterwards, doesn't it? Must be pretty horrible when someone tells you to do something (or signs off the forms) and then later comes back with "I do not recall." Put that on both sides, where each party witnesses the other, and later fights based on "can't remember" v. "I just saw you do it!" and it's very Faction-fun. Probably more of a results-based resonance, than a flavor-based one. The faction ends justify the lone decision maker means. That and Malphas is more about everyone becoming a faction of one, of isolation, not so much about the interaction known as politics. He just excels in causing chaos in such a milieu. Doubting your own mind (or your friends'), with all those amnesiac gaps, definitely sounds like the sort of mistrust factions would enjoy. edit: I can just see it now, a lapse of Malphas being honest, "I don't care whether you talk to anybody, or your memories make sense, or you chose your own descent into darkness. I just care that you break. Into little pieces. To be left all alone. Forever. Trust me... you'll like it!" Last edited by Azel; 04-11-2011 at 03:18 AM. Reason: heh, bit o' inspiration worth adding