Fate's Shears

Effect

Sever a target’s connection to fortune. For the rest of the scene:

• The target cannot benefit from Critical Successes (double 8s are treated as a normal success)
• The target cannot use Mettle Reactions (Dive, Dodge, Parry, Intercept; their instincts are blinded)
• Any roll where the target’s two highest dice are equal (doubles of any value) is treated as a Fumble
• The target cannot be healed by psionic means (fate has abandoned them; the Current won’t help)

Resist

ECHO + Focus vs. your Channeling Sum negates.

Steps

The target loses 1 Mettle per Step (the connection to grit and instinct frays).

Special

This Talent is despised by other Psionics because it works on allies and enemies alike, and because the implication (that luck is a quantifiable resource that can be cut) is philosophically horrifying.