[theories] Where does dissonance come from?

[Rocket Man]

Originally Posted by JCD

How often dissonance?

Three examples

How often does the Ofanim have to attempt to escape?

If an Impudite sets a bomb that kills 3 people, is it one point or three?

A Seraph lies to one person. He lies to three people. He talks to three people on three seperate occasions but repeats the same lie they had already heard.

How much Dissonance in each case?

Based on my own reading:

1) Not sure.

2) Three. "Personally killing a human -- through action or inaction -- causes dissonance in Impudites."(In Nomine, p. 153). So one note for each death, even if it's a single act that causes multiple deaths.

3)The APG simply lists the Seraph's dissonance condition as "lying"; based on the context there and elsewhere, I believe each spoken lie is meant to be a separate dissonant act. So based on that, it would be:

3a) One note for the single lie to the single person
3b) One note for the single lie to the group of three people
3c) Three notes total for talking to three separate people on three separate occasions and lying once to each of them. It doesn't matter that they've heard the lie before. What matters is that it's still not true.