

She can also render her aura obscured and unable to be sensed. With preparation, she can make a rudimentary defense against mental intrusion. Since the Initiate also learns to control and order her own thoughts, she can perform a number of prodigious, but usually coincidental, mental feats. However, she can tell if someone is giving off positive or negative emotions and determine if an object, place or piece of Tass has “good vibes” or “bad vibes.” She can even read basic, strong emotional contexts attached to such objects, so that she can pick put a knife used for a murder from a group of otherwise identical knives. The mage can't read specifics, like whether an emotion is strongly directed at someone in particular or the intricacies of a plan in someone's mind. With a simple look, a mage can get a gut feeling or empathic hunch, determining someone's emotional state or telling whether a particular object has a powerful emotional Resonance attached to it. A trained mage becomes sensitive to moods and thoughts around herself, and she learns to recognize the base impulses of other minds while taking control of her own.
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He can set his consciousness free to roam invisibly and explore such esoterica as the foundations of linguistic understanding or conceptualization as well. The Mind mage can sense the intent of others, alter their emotions and control their thoughts. Mind arts can perform any number of tasks invisibly, since such arts rarely manifest physically. Unlocking the mysteries of the Mind requires great discipline and study. Any thinking process can be comprehended and manipulated with sufficient skill.Īlthough Mind magic is not a particularly flashy art, it is a respected one.

All thought is open to the mage: from the refined sensibilities of human philosophy to the feral instincts of animals. The Mind magician can use thought to communicate, control and wipe away the inaccuracies and errors of human misjudgment for the peaceful serenity of total concentration. His thoughts are pure, and his sensation of comprehension is perfect. The mage who studies Mind delves into all of these subjects and dives to the very root of cognition, the formation of ideas and the power of unfettered will.īy opening the mind and transcending the limits of the body, the mage surpasses any paltry human limitations. Such study leads to the investigation of thought, the existence of perfect forms, the idea of intelligence and inquiry divorced from mere physical form. The enlightened will shapes reality, so it should come as no surprise that the power of the Mind is, indeed, an esoteric yet highly studied tool of mages. The Shard Realm of Mind maps physically to Neptune. The Akashic Brotherhood have occupied the Seat of Mind in the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions since its founding. Mind is one of nine Spheres of magic in Mage: The Ascension.
