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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bigg2006" data-source="post: 4070794" data-attributes="member: 43443">Thanks Ltheb. The explanation of Thelemic Damage Induction makes a lot of sense. The character with UWF maybe couldn't do any damage to them directly but other abilities he might have, such as Anaretic, should still work because he would still make contact. (I'm assuming that Thelemic  Damage Induction doesn't cast its protective blanket over artifacts as well). It also makes TDI a good way to withstand the onslaught of a real combat monster and allow your character to make good their escape.As far as Sophism goes I'm hoping it only covers magic attacks. Given that the ability is tied to a character's wisdom score it would make sense to give it to a sidereal with the wisdom portfolio (or double portfolio). Certainly with the double porfolio, which generates such huge wisdom scores for sidereals, this could make Sophism akin to 'total and perpetual invulnerability' if it covers any kind of attack, magical or otherwise. If it's just magic attacks that can be ignored then at least another approach can be used to deal with the character (maybe even that combat monster with UWF!) It would also seem to make sense because magic itself is a way of altering reality. Sophism would then give the recipient the ablity to deny that reality altering effect (at least as far as it would affect them). A physical assault could be seen as reality altering (warhammer impacts head of enemy, head flattened, reality for victim definitely altered) but its a bit more direct and down to earth. As such I reckon it should be impossible to disbelieve physical attacks or actions. It's just too open to abuse otherwise. Think of Reed Richards and Galactus for example. Reed (the player) decides that he has no choice other than to use the ultimate nullifier. He pulls the trigger and...nothing happens. Galactus (the DM) uses his Sophism ability to disbelieve Richards pulling the trigger. Lots of sulky players accusing the DM of abusing his power. And that"s only if the DM uses Sophism. Lord knows what would happen if the players got a hold of it! The DM would have to send in an entire army of Neutronium Golems to get them back into line!</blockquote>

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