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-A mental shield (not to be confused with [[Mental Mirror]], the mutation) is a property that most creatures that lack physical brains have that makes them immune to mental damage and most mental effects. These are most often [[Robots]]. Telepathy also does not work on them.
+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 (like most plants, [[fungi]], and [[oozes]]), have artificial minds (i.e. [[robots]]), or are otherwise immune to psychic abilities.
 The following effects cannot be applied to creatures with a mental shield:{{Code Reference|class=MentalShield}}
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+== Trivia ==
+By default, [[robots]], [[oozes]], [[fungi]], plants, and nests have mental shields. However, the mental shield is removed from sapient plants and fungi.
+* 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 most of the members of the [[Consortium of Phyta]] ({{favilink|Yurl}}, {{favilink|Sixshrew}}, {{favilink|Tillifergaewicz}}, {{favilink|Asphodel}}, and {{favilink|asphodelyte|plural}}) are sapient and thus do not have mental shields.
+* The {{favilink|oddly-hued glowpad}}, despite being a Consortium member and capable of speaking to the player, has a mental shield. It is the only Consortium member which does.
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