Mental Stab

Skill: Mental Stab (Will/Hard).
You can thrust the equivalent of a mental knife into the sub-
ject’s brain, causing actual damage. Roll a Quick Contest of
skill vs. the subject’s Will. If you succeed, he takes damage
equal to your margin of victory (maximum 10 points)! You
choose, when attacking, whether this is temporary (FP) or
long-term (HP) damage.
Range is as for Telereceive (p. 59).
Statistics: Fatigue Attack 10 points (Contact Agent, -30%;
Damage cannot exceed margin of victory, -50%; Malediction
1, +100%; Melee Attack, C, -30%; No Signature, +20%;
Telepathy, -10%) [30] + Toxic Attack 10 points (Contact Agent,
-30%; Damage cannot exceed margin of victory, -50%; Male-
diction 1, +100%; Melee Attack, C, -30%; No Signature, +20%;
Telepathy, -10%) [3]*. Further levels remove Contact Agent
[39 + 4], then Melee Attack [48 + 4], then upgrade Maledic-
Hard
tion to 2 [63 + 6], then 3 [78 + 7], and then add Long-Range
1 [93 + 8].
* Alternative Attack (¥1/5 cost) to Fatigue Attack.