Psychic Inducer
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The Psychic Inducer, or PSI for short, is a crustacean-like shell encasing the rear of your skull. It can be concealed under a cap or whig, but is quite bulky and must be carefully hiden. This is a telepathic broadcast unit, that can be used to communicate or to control the weak-willed.
You can send messages to characters you know who are within a number of kilometers equal to your Arcanowave action result. If the target also has a Psychic Inducer, the range is ten times that.
It is also possible to use the Psychic Inducer as a telepathic loudspeaker, to broadcast a message to a crowd. This can be a good way to induce total panic in a large number of innocent bystanders. Any number of unnamed characters in a group count as but a single target when controlling minds.
When used to control minds, the Psychic Inducer works like an interaction stunt; compare your Action Result to the targets Dodge or Willpower. On a setback, the target must obey your command; otherwise he is merely disguted and confused, suffering two points of Impairment. Either way, the effect lasts only one shot per point of outcome.
