Jedi Mind Tricks

By Jeremiah Lasch (jlasch@uakron.edu)

* Jumble

For some reason, unbeknownst to the unsuspecting victim, he can't see very well. He also notices that his whole body feels numb, and that everything sounds like he's standing under a waterfall.

System: The player rolls Perception + Empathy, difficulty the opponent's willpower. Each success is one sense that is just numbed. If the player rolls more than five successes, the opponent is just a vegetable for the time being. However, the opponent may make a willpower roll, difficulty 6. Each success of his cancels out one of the player's successes.

** Believing is Seeing

You know how they always say, 'Seeing is believing!' Well, in this case, believing is seeing. With a little help from yours truly, the thing the victim fears most comes to life before his very eyes. To a much larger scale of course. To everyone else around him there's nothing there, but he just keeps screaming at open space. It is an illusion of course and everyone else finds it quite amusing.

System: The player rolls Perception + Empathy, difficulty 6. The number of success determines the degree to which the victim believes what he is seeing.

Successes	Effect
1 - 2	He gets chills, but just considers the sight a work of his imagination....which it kinda is.
3	He's breathing hard and sweating, but still skeptical.
4	He's scared out of his mind and running in the opposite direction.
5+	He faints and his hair turns white.

*** Holodude

This is pretty much the same as Duke Nukem's nifty little gadget. To the oncoming attacker there seems to be two of the same people in front of her, and she can't for the .....unlife of her figure out which is which.

System: Player rolls Perception + Empathy, difficulty 7. The number of successes determines how completely the victim is fooled by the new illusion.




**** What I Say Goes

People just seem to listen to what the character says abnormally intently. The character can warp reality in the mind of another person. If she tells a victim that he only has half a leg, the victim will look down and fall over because he won't see or feel the bottom half of his leg. Amazing stuff.

System: The player rolls Manipulation + Empathy, difficulty 7. The number of successes determines how much the victim will believe.

Successes	Effect
1 - 2	She sees it and is pretty freaked out by it, but can easily tell the difference between the real and the fake.
3	He might shoot at the fake, but quickly figures it out.
4+	He turns around and runs because he can't figure out which is which.

Successes	Effect
1	She might be able to get away with telling them he has a cut on his finger, but he'd most likely laugh at her.
2	If she told him his finger was broken he'd shriek in horror because his finger would actually look crooked to him.
3 - 4	If she told them they were blind, they wouldn't be able to see anything.
5+	If she told them they were having a heart attack, they'd drop dead.