The mage can perform a crude psychic assault, causing psychic trauma that translates into damage on a victim’s body as neurons misfire and muscles spasm damagingly.
Successes inflict bashing damage on a one-for-one basis.
This spell also affects vampires, even though their brains might not function in the same manner as living creatures’; their minds are still susceptible to the Mind Arcanum.
Adamantine Arrow Rote: Psyche’s Dart
There are those who think the Adamantine Arrow is nothing more than a gang of thugs who brandish vulgar magic in the name of peace. Most mages of that order are content to allow detractors such illusions, keeping their silence about rotes such as this one. Often dismissed as a seizure or other neurological ailment, this magic constitutes a potent weapon in the Arrow arsenal. In fact, it is so effective and discrete that it is used, in one form or another, by most mages sufficiently skilled in the Mind Arcanum.
Ancient Lands Pentalogy Rote: Scathing Deceit [1]
During the final battle between
the Four Lords and Soter’s allies, the Regent in Silver’s lies
sear themselves into the brains of those who hear him,
thanks to his use of this Silver Ladder rote.
