More Mind Rotes

"We spend so much time hiding our true natures from everyone else that, in time, we also come to hide it from ourselves." ~Dame Samantha Wainbridge

The following rotes make up the remaining bulk of the arsenal of Dame Sam's Mind sphere.

 Fury, Mind 3 : When surrounded by enemies Dame Samantha taps this rote, which forces her enemies to come at her one at a time, without thought of any particular skill, technique, or ideas of defending themselves. This is the rote she used on Lance to make him arglebargle. She has also taught this Rote to Romana, whom likes to call it Hong Kong Cinema. The effect is Coincidental.

 The Haunting, Mind 3 : This is another rote that Dame Samantha uses to defend the Chantry. In case where Sleepers stand on the porch of the Chantry and explains their reasons for being there, they begin to feel a growing sense of dread and apprehension, and slowly become aware of a brooding, watchful malice. If the Dame scores more successes than the target has Wits, the subject will leave at soonest opportunity, convinced that the building is haunted and dangerous. The effect is Coincidental.

 Monkey Kung Fu, Mind 3 : With this rote Dame Sam launches into a series of tumbles, rolls, slapping the ground, and shrieking. The intent is to baffle and possibly terrify the foe. For each success scored, the Dame removes one die from the victim's Dodge pool. With five or more successes, the foe becomes frightens and tries to flee the fight as soon as possible. The effect is Coincidental.

 Dream Hunter, Mind 4 : With this rote, Dame Samantha helps those suffering from horrible nightmares to get relief. As she meditates next to the sleeping subject she is able to project herself directly into the nightmare itself, and combat the demons and monsters within the nightmare or, if possible, find the sleeping person and talk them gently out of the nightmare, and prevents the bad dream from recurring. The effect is, of course, Vulgar.

 Crime & Punishment, Mind 4 Life 3 : This is one of the more well-known and feared rotes utilized by the Order of Hermes. By tapping this rote against a criminal target, Awakened or otherwise, the Dame creates a mental loop whereby the target his force-fed the memory of every crime he has ever committed, over and over again. Each mental image also bombards the victim with the pain their crime causes: grief, physical agony, etc. In the case of violent crimes such as rape or murder, the target is fed the exact physical sensations the victim experienced. Naturally the effect is quite Vulgar, and usually results in a loss of sanity. If the Dame rolls five or more successes the target is so overwhelmed and wracked with pain that they suffer a psychotic break; usually retreating into a state of cataonia. The effect can be resisted with a willpower roll against dif 8...until the rote is cast again.