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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 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. | 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. | ||
There are only a few methods for the player to boost | There are only a few methods for the player to boost {{name}}: | ||
* The [[Mental Mirror]] mutation adds a 3+Mutation Level bonus to MA and reflects blocked mental attacks. However, this only applies to one attack per cooldown. | |||
* Cooking with [[Lah petals]] | * Cooking with [[Lah petals]] | ||
* Cooking a meal which is [[Taste-based cooking effects|tasty]] | * Cooking a meal which is [[Taste-based cooking effects|tasty]] | ||