Phobomancy: Fear-based Magick part 2

[Carl L. Congdon]

Gregory Paul Stolze wrote:

> If I was running the zoo, I'd almost be tempted to go with the central
> paradox being that phobomancers have to SCARE themselves in order ot scare
> others.  (The whole paranoid horror writer scene.)  To get a minor charge,
> put yourself in a dangerous, unpredictable or unpleasant situation - maybe
> something as simple as watching a horror flick by yourself at home at night
> with the door wide open.
>
> Get a sig. charge by failing a stress check.  Get a major charge by going
> insane...

This is a stroke of brilliance! It works! But, then what would be the taboo? I
know, getting a hardened check on your Stress Meter! Or allowing your Hardened
mark on any one stress  to go beyond a certain point, say 3?

> 1899 Phrenologist: Your son has the sloping forehead of a sexual deviant:
> better put him in an asylum.
> 1999 Gene Therapist: Your fetus has the "date rape" gene.  Better abort

    Love the .sig.

--
Poets, priests, and politicians
Have words to spend for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
And no one's jamming their transmission...
And when their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me
 -The Police, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"