[UA] Dipsomancer Demonic Possession and Fear Passion

[Kevin Elmore]

> Another question I have is the use of the fear passion.
> If a character is in
> a situation where his passion applies he would have to
> make a stress roll -
> but at what rank? 

I just assumed that it was an automatic stress check
regardless of rank.  I suppose someone with 10 hardened
notches could be immune to that, but I'd rather think that
even the most hardened individual still has that one
irrational fear of mice.  

If Joe is attacked by a mugger with a knife, that may be a
rank 1 Violence check.  If that mugger was dressed as a
clown, and Joe has a fear stimulus of clowns because he was
molested by Bozo, then even if he had 10 hardened notches
in the appropriate category, I'd still make him roll a fear
check.

But I'm not sure if the rules are clear on that.  I don't
have the book with me, and it sounds like you've dissected
it pretty well.  But I could see the fear stimulus
overriding any hardened notches.  It is, after all, an
irrational fear.

My opinions, anyway.

Kevin


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