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{{qud quote|Your mental armor (MA) is a measurement of how well protected you are against mental attacks, much as your armor value is a measurement of how well protected you are from physical attacks. The higher your score, the less likely an opponent's mental attack will have a severe effect on you. Your MA is modified by your Willpower modifier. The effective default value for MA is 4. MA is a hidden stat, and if displayed in a debug window it will typically be 0. This score is then increased by 4 for calculations involving MA. |[[Ten Things You Should Do When You Start to Play]]}}
{{qud quote|Your mental armor (MA) is a measurement of how well protected you are against mental attacks, much as your armor value is a measurement of how well protected you are from physical attacks. The higher your score, the less likely an opponent's mental attack will have a severe effect on you. Your MA is modified by your Willpower modifier. The effective default value for MA is 4. MA is a hidden stat, and if displayed in a debug window it will typically be 0. This score is then increased by 4 for calculations involving MA. |[[Ten Things You Should Do When You Start to Play]]}}


Mental Armor ({{name}}) is a creature's primary protection against psychic attacks including [[Confusion]], [[Sunder Mind]] and [[psionic]] weapons.  Base MA is calculated from the creature's [[Willpower]] bonus. Against psychic damage attacks, it functions identically to [[AV]] against physical attacks.
{{name}} is a creature's primary protection against psychic attacks including [[Confusion]], [[Sunder Mind]] and [[psionic]] weapons.  Base MA is calculated from the creature's [[Willpower]] bonus. Against psychic damage attacks, it functions identically to [[AV]] against physical attacks.


There are a limited number of ways for the player to boost {{name}}. Some of those options include:
There are a limited number of ways for the player to boost {{name}}. Some of those options include: