Discordianism

By Episkopos Bob the Magick Elf Fendersson Tomato, KSC, SM, MA, KFC (Istew3@aol.com)

Description

This discipline takes the tactics of Discordians (Mindfucks and whatnot) and gives them a vampiric bent. Anyone can learn it, but only Discordians (especially if they are on the Path of Eris, invented by Rev. Omnicynic) have a snowball's chance in Hell (or the Minnesota Viking's chance of winning the Superbowl) of understanding it.

* Confusion

This power confuses the hell out of everyone in the immediate area (five meters or so).

System: Roll Manipulation + Subterfuge (7) (-2 difficulty if the victim has the flaw 'Confused'). Every success on this roll causes everyone within the room (unless it's a very big room) to become confused for one turn per success, gaining a -2 penalty on any rolls requiring concentration. Yes, you need to concentrate to fight, unless you are frenzied.

** Mondo

This lets you say a Mondo (a phrase which makes more sense the more you think about it, but never quite makes sense completely. A good one is 'The Whole World Can Tell A Snake From A Dragon, But You Can't Fool A Zen Monk.), which the victim will be obsessed with making sense of for a certain amount of time, depending on the number of successes.

System: Roll Manipulation + Subterfuge (7) (-2 if the victim has the 'Confused' flaw), modified by how good the Mondo is. The target will be lost in thought for a certain amount of time, according to this chart:

Successes	Duration
1	One round
2	Five rounds
3	One scene
4	One hour
5	One day
6	Five days
7	One week
8	One month
9	One Discordian season (73 days)
10	One year

Note that with Six or more successes the target will gain a derangement (Storyteller's choice, but should have to do with confusion) , which lasts a number of days equal to the successes on the roll.

During the time the victim is trying to figure out the Mondo, he can do nothing but defend himself if attacked, and basic functions of life (feeding, etc).

*** The Turkey Curse

With this, you can perform the Turkey Curse, as detailed in the Principia Discordia.

System: The vampire performs the Turkey Curse and rolls Dexterity + Subterfuge (7) (when'd ya think you'd roll THAT?). Each success lowers the Banality of everyone in the room, and that of the room itself, by one point, and for one hour per success.

**** Mindfuck

This power gives the target a derangement, but also sends him partway to Illumination.

System: The Storyteller picks a derangement for the Mindfuckee. Each time this power is used on someone they: if a Vampire, gain one point on one of the following: the Enlightenment Merit, their Path of Enlightenment, or, if Malkavian, they reach the next Stage of Developement; if a mortal, go one step closer to Awakening; if Changeling, gain two temporary points of Glamour or lose two temperory points of Banality; if Garou, gain 5 temporary Wisdom Renown; if Mage, go one step closer to Ascension; and if Wraith, go one step closer to Transcendance. These benefits are lost if the target ever gets rid of the derangement, which can be done in the normal way. If there are multiple choices for the blessing, the Storyteller chooses. The Vampire using this power must actually perform a mindfuck on the target. If the target is mindfucked, then it works.

***** Illumination

This is the same as the Mindfuck power, but the target does not gain a derangement.