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dataweaver · 05-01-2014, 07:19 PM

For me, Mind vs. Spirit/Undead is an easy one: Spirit and Undead provide limited subsets of Mind (mainly in the form of compulsions and bans), but don’t provide the full range of capabilities: you can’t use Spirit to read a spirit’s thoughts, alter its memories, or even influence its preferences (when you compel a spirit to act, it does so unwillingly). If you want to affect the mind of a spirit, you need to use the Path of Mind — and you need to have Spirit Empathy.

The undead are either mindless (in which case it’s a moot point) or they have human-like mentalities (in which case you can use the Path of Mind to affect their minds as normal).

05-01-2014, 07:19 PM	#11
dataweaver Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: [RPM] The tricky division between Mind, Spirit and Undead? For me, Mind vs. Spirit/Undead is an easy one: Spirit and Undead provide limited subsets of Mind (mainly in the form of compulsions and bans), but don’t provide the full range of capabilities: you can’t use Spirit to read a spirit’s thoughts, alter its memories, or even influence its preferences (when you compel a spirit to act, it does so unwillingly). If you want to affect the mind of a spirit, you need to use the Path of Mind — and you need to have Spirit Empathy. The undead are either mindless (in which case it’s a moot point) or they have human-like mentalities (in which case you can use the Path of Mind to affect their minds as normal). __________________ Point balance is a myth.[1][2][3][4]