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A mental shield (not to be confused with the mutation [[Mental Mirror]]) is a property that makes creatures immune to mental damage and most mental effects, and blocks [[Telepathy]]. It is possessed by creatures without psionically accessible minds, whether because they are mindless | A mental shield (not to be confused with the mutation [[Mental Mirror]]) is a property that makes creatures immune to mental damage and most mental effects, and blocks [[Telepathy]]. It is possessed by creatures without psionically accessible minds, whether because they are mindless, have artificial minds, or are otherwise immune to psychic abilities. | ||
The following effects cannot be applied to creatures with a mental shield:{{Code Reference|class=MentalShield}} | == Details == | ||
Creatures with mental shields cannot take mental damage, such as that caused by [[psionic]] weapons or [[Sunder Mind]]. Abilities that count as psionic attacks (such as [[Beguiling]], [[Domination]], and [[Rebuke Robot]]) will be cancelled if they are used on creatures with a mental shield. They cannot be affected by [[Telepathy]]. The following effects cannot be applied to creatures with a mental shield:{{Code Reference|class=MentalShield}} | |||
* [[Beguile]] | * [[Beguile]] | ||
* [[Confusion]] | * [[Confusion]] | ||
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* [[Shaken]] | * [[Shaken]] | ||
* [[Shamed]] | * [[Shamed]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Psionically cleaved]] | ||
* [[Stunned by gas]] | |||
* [[Terrified]] | * [[Terrified]] | ||
== | By default, [[robots]], [[oozes]], [[fungi]], plants, and nests have mental shields. However, the mental shield is removed from sapient plants and fungi. | ||
If the player has a high enough [[glimmer]] and summons a psychic assassin, there is a chance for the hunter to be a creature that normally has a mental shield. | * The only creatures with mental shields outside of those categories are {{favilink|girshworm|plural}}, {{favilink|twinning lamprey|plural}}, and {{favilink|trining lamprey|plural}}. | ||
* {{favilink|Pax Klanq}} is the only fungus without a mental shield. | |||
* {{favilink|Euclid}}, and the members of the [[Consortium of Phyta]] ({{favilink|Yurl}}, {{favilink|Sixshrew}}, {{favilink|Tillifergaewicz}}, the {{favilink|oddly-hued glowpad}}, {{favilink|Asphodel}}, and {{favilink|asphodelyte|plural}}) are sapient and thus do not have mental shields. | |||
== Esper Hunters == | |||
If the player has a high enough [[glimmer]] and summons a psychic assassin, there is a chance for the hunter to be a creature that normally has a mental shield. In this case, the hunter's mental shield is removed, and thus the hunter is fully affected by mental attacks and effects.{{Code Reference|class=PsychicHunter}} Creatures with mental shields are unable to become psychic thralls. | |||
== List of creatures with a mental shield == | == List of creatures with a mental shield == | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{References|2.0.201.71}} | {{References|2.0.201.71}} | ||
{{Mechanics Navbox}} | {{Mechanics Navbox}} | ||
[[Category:Battle Mechanics]] | [[Category:Battle Mechanics]] |