[UA] Loser Newbie Question

[Bailey Watts]

>Okay, to become a sociopath, you must be hardened completely -- ten ranks 
>-- in all the madness axes (you can tell I'm a Loser Newbie because I don't 
>know the right terms).  When you succeed a check, you gain a hardness rank, 
>but you only make a check if the number of the check is greater than the 
>number of hardened ranks you have on that axis.  So, then, if you have nine 
>hardened ranks, you aren't fazed by anything short of a level ten 
>challenge.  I understand this.  So you can only become a sociopath if you 
>are subjected to... well, jeez.  Are there even that many rank-10 Unnatural 
>challenges out there?  Am I understanding this properly?  From the history 
>of the sample sociopath character, Eponymous, this sounds like a 
>misunderstanding -- it doesn't read like he was ever subjected to rank-10 
>Unnatural, Helplessness, or Isolation checks.  Self and Violence, sure, 
>but...
>

Not sure if this is canon, but I think that Abel did quite a bit to 
desensitize Eponymous to the supernatural so he wouldn't crack.
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