Mental Breakdown

Ability


	Mental Breakdown
	Thought Control (45 skill required)
Incapacitates the target for up to 3 turns and reduces its resolve by 50%. If a detrimental thought control psi ability is invoked against the target during this period it will have double the effect, but will end the mental breakdown.
Action Points: 10
Psi: 60
Range: 5.0
Cooldown: 8 turns

Any damage to the target will break incapacitation. Resolve is used to resist and mitigate the effects of psionic abilities.

Your effective Thought Control skill affects the chance of targets resisting the effect, either completely or lowering its duration.

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	Mental Breakdown

This character is incapacitated and suffering 50% reduced resolve. If a detrimental thought control psi ability is invoked against them it will have double the effect, but will end the mental breakdown.
Duration: 3 turns

Mental breakdown is an incapacitation effect.

Mental breakdown's effect on other detrimental thought control abilities:

Neural Overload: Double damage
Frighten: Double duration
Enrage: Double duration
Neurovisual Disruption: Double duration
Psi-cognitive Interruption: Double psi burn and duration
Bilocation: Two doppelgangers

Immunity

The Locus of Control feat can remove and provide temporary immunity to stun, fear, incapacitation, and mind control effects.

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Attacks	Attack • Pummel • Dirty Kick • Heavy Punch • Crippling Strike • Cut Throat • Expose Weakness • Super Slam • Eviscerate • Aimed Shot • Burst • Execute • Kneecap Shot • Rapid Fire • Point Shot • Snipe

Gear	Force Ventilation Shaft • Piercing Shot • Hypnotize • Wireless Charging Aura • Exoskeleton Power • Mounted Drill Attack • Headlamp Light • Quick Draw • Pistol Burst • Cleave • Exsurge • Energy Siphon • Chainsaw • Branding

Abilities	Stealth Mode • Pickpocket • Lock • Sprint • Yell • Escape Bonds • Last Stand • Quick Tinkering • Special Tactics • Blitz • Evasive Maneuvers • Locus of Control • Premeditation • Uncanny Dodge • Empowered Invocation • Shooting Spree

Psi	Cryokinesis • Cryostasis • Pyrokinetic Stream • Pyrokinesis • Thermodynamic Destabilization • Cryokinetic Orb • Thermodynamic Destabilization • Cryo-Shield • Exothermic Aura — Telekinetic Proxy • Telekinetic Punch • Force Field • Force Emission • Electrokinesis • Disruptive Field • Electrokinetic Imprint • Telekinetic Proxy • Implosion — Neural Overload • Frighten • Bilocation • Mental Breakdown • Enrage • Psi-cognitive Interruption • Pseudo-spatial Projection • Neurovisual Disruption

NPC	Acid Blob Entanglement • Acid Spray • Charge • Crawler Sting • Faceless Centaur Kick • Headbutt • Rend • Siphon Blood • Electromagnetic Burst • Throw Carried Object • Tchort Goo Spray • Consuming Bite • Flamethrower • Third Eye

Expedition	Entropic Recurrence • Limited Temporal Increment • Precognition • Psycho-temporal Contraction • Psycho-temporal Dilation • Stasis • Temporal Distortion • Temporary Rewind — Hemopsychosis • Flurry • Onslaught • Riposte • Fend • Throw Spear • Rearm — Shotgun Burst • Double Shot • Change Trigger • Shoot Lemurian Spear • Amplified Wave • Resonating Wave • Disruptive Wave • Electroshock Aura • Electroactive Flexibility • Energy Shield Empowerment — Turbo • Shoot Rocket • Shoot Plasma Cannon • Shoot Fusion Cannon • Laser Bursts • Tow • Stop Towing — Web Blob Attack

Heavy Duty	Attack Ground (Grenade Launcher) • Attack Ground (Fusion Cannon) • Jumpstarter Boost • Stunning Pulse • Wristblade Stab • Equipment Wireless Recharge • Parafibrotic Regenerative Injection • Escalated Psionic Innervation

v · d · e Psi abilities

Thought Control	Neural Overload (0) • Frighten (30) • Bilocation (35) • Motor-cognitive Transference (40) • Psychosomatic Predation (45) • Mental Breakdown (45) • Psi-cognitive Interruption (55) • Enrage (60) • Pseudo-spatial Projection (65) • Neurovisual Disruption (70)

Psychokinesis	Telekinetic Punch (0) • Force Field (25) • Electrokinesis (30) • Telekinetic Grounding (30) • Force Emission (35) • Disruptive Field (40) • Electrokinetic Imprint (45) • Telekinetic Proxy (55) • Psychokinetic Chain (60) • Implosion (70)

Metathermics	Cryokinesis (0) • Pyrokinesis (25) • Cryostasis (35) • Pyrokinetic Stream (35) • Cryokinetic Orb (40) • Cryogenic Barrier (45) • Thermodynamic Destabilization (50) • Cryo-Shield (55) • Exothermic Aura (70) • Plasma Beam (90)

Temporal Manipulation ^E	Temporal Distortion (0) • Limited Temporal Increment (25) • Psycho-temporal Dilation (35) • Entropic Recurrence (45) • Psycho-temporal Contraction (55) • Temporary Rewind (60) • Precognition (65) • Stasis (70)

v · d · e Status effects

General	In Combat • Focused • Regenerating • Level Up — Damaged Armor • Degraded Weapon • Encumbered

Stun	Stunned(→Second Wind) • Short Circuited(→Safe Mode)

Incapacitation	Incapacitated • Frozen • Mental Breakdown

Daze	Dazed

Fear	Fear(→Aphobia) • Intimidated

Mind control	Rage

Immobilization	Acidic Entanglements • Entangled • Immobilized • Trapped • Webbed

Slow	Chilled • Knee Wound • Tackled • Suppressed — Stealth Mode • Encumbered

Dismantle	Exposed Weakness

Unbalance	Off-balance

Consumables	Agility Boost • Adrenaline Rush(→Fatigue) • Bullheadness • Focus Boost • Herculean Might(→Herculean Withdrawal) • In Motion(→Out of Motion) • Irongut • Morphine • Nervosomnifer • Pain Suppression • Psionic Trance • Regeneration • Smoking • Supersoldier Drug

Food	Burrower Burger • Cave Hopper Steak • Eel Sandwich • Junkyard Surprise • Mushroom Brew • Rathound Barbeque • Bacon and Cheese Sandwich • Canned Fish • Canned Meat • Canned Mushrooms • Canned Stew • Cooked Burrower Egg • Core Chips • Fried Siphoner Tongue • Hardcore Chips • Mushroom Salad • Pentapus Barbeque • Pickled Mindshrooms • Psi Beetle Brain Soup • Root Soda • Stuffed Bat • Under Pie • Mystery Candy — Bison Milk ^E • Buttery Steamed Clams ^E • Canned Czernina ^E • Coffee ^E • Crab Sandwich ^E • Kzozel ^E • Kzozel Yantar ^E • Mutie Stew ^E • Sea Serpent Fillet ^E — Absence • All-in • Bloody Oligarch • Boolean • Cave Tear • Clean Deal • Ice of Spades • Jetdrag • Laylow • Mindshroom Martini • Outwork • Scrapperac • Slackjaw • Slampipe • Sleight of the Night • Stalagdrop • White Dude

Misc. beneficial	Battle Trance • Blindsiding • Charged • Combo • Cryo-shield • Evasive Maneuvers • Exothermic Aura • Force Emission • Gun Rush • Infusions • Last Stand • Locus of Control • Night Vision • Pack Hunting • Personal Cloaking Field • Premeditation • Pseudo-spatial Projection • Psionic Apparition • Psionic Synergy • Quick Tinkering • Shield Recharging • Sprint • Special Tactics • Taste for Blood • Thermodynamicity • Uncanny Dodge • Empowered Invocation • Wireless Charging Aura

Misc. malicious	Anticoagulation • Blasted Armor • Bleeding Wound • Blurred Vision • Broken Rib • Burning • Chemhaze • Chemical Destabilizations • Concentrated Fire • Contaminated • Contaminated Wound • Corroded • Creeping Dread • Crippled • Demoralized • Disruptive Field • Eye of Tchort • Frigid Environment • Hyperallergenic • Hypothermia • Infected Wound • Inhibited • Mental Subversion • Mind Fog • Mutating • Neurovisual Disruption • Poisons • Psychostatic Electricity • Spore Infection • Strange Feeling • Shattered Will • Thermodynamic Destabilization

Expedition	Spear Guard • Carved Up • Polarized • Electroshock Aura — Hemopsychosis • Riposte • Pellet Mayhem — Temporal Distortion • Entropic Recurrence • Psycho-temporal Dilation • Psycho-temporal Contraction • Temporary Rewind • Precognition • Stasis — Heavy Intoxication • Submerged • Parasitic Infestation • Slowed (Sticky Oil) • Slowed (Web) • Sore Hands • Void Rot — Second Sight • Psionic Acceleration • Intelligence Boost • Initiative Boost • Third Eye • Marsh Trance • Vitality Surge(→Vitality Drain) • Psi Regeneration • Restless Spirits • Dark Presence • Rusting • Cerebral Acidization

Heavy Duty	Bullet Trance • Burst Wind Up • Demolition Rage • Gunner's High • Shell Shocked — Sensorimotor Command • Sensorimotor Command Disruption • Sensorimotor Reinforcer — Laser Designator • Laser Designated Target • Laser Cooling Anti-projectile System — Mental Apparition • Negative Void Affliction • Positive Void Affliction

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