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# Mindshatter

Level
  4
School
  Illusion
Keywords
  None
Range
  30 meters
Duration
  Instantaneous
Mana Cost
  4

You bombard a creature’s mind with a cascade of fragmented, contradictory illusions, overloading its senses. The target must make a Resolve defend roll contested by your Magic skill.

- On a failure, the creature takes Mental stress points equal to the margin of failure plus d4.

- If the target suffers a Mental Consequence as a direct result of this spell, it also becomes Dazed until the end of its next turn.

## Stunts

### Fractured Reality

If the target fails by 2 or more, it must spend 1 AP on its next turn doing nothing as it struggles to distinguish illusion from reality. This AP loss is declared before any other action.

### Cascade Hallucination

On any failure, the target also suffers two Disadvantage on all Perception skill checks until the end of the current scene, as phantom images linger at the edge of its vision.

### Identity Erosion

If the target is already suffering from any Mental Consequence when this spell is cast, treat the margin of failure as 2 higher solely for the purpose of determining stress points dealt.

### Reflective Torment

You may choose a second creature within 5 meters of the primary target. That creature takes Mental stress points equal to half the primary margin of failure (rounded down) as psychic backlash without requiring a separate check.

### Shattered Focus

If the target is currently concentrating on a spell or magical effect, it must immediately make a Focus check against a difficulty equal to the stress points dealt or lose concentration entirely.