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** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own. |
** The Unconquered Sun went into one shortly before the Usurpation, and has pretty much withdrawn for 2000 years as a result. Let's put it this way: in his stronghold at the heart of the Daystar, there's a courtroom. In that courtroom, there is a list of people found guilty by the judgment of the Unconquered Sun. The last name listed is his own. |
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* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim. |
* The psionic power ''Brain Lock'' in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' enforces a bluescreen on the victim. |
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* [[Call of Cthulhu]], the [[Trope Codifier]] and possibly [[Ur Example]] and [[Trope Maker]] for the [[Sanity Meter]], has these in spades. A character can have a [[Heroic BSOD]] any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Eldritch Abomination]] in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[Go Mad From the Revelation|you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once. |
* [[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]], the [[Trope Codifier]] and possibly [[Ur Example]] and [[Trope Maker]] for the [[Sanity Meter]], has these in spades. A character can have a [[Heroic BSOD]] any time they take too much Sanity damage too quickly, and given that you are facing off against the creations of the [[Trope Maker]] for [[Eldritch Abomination]] in modern times, you can bet Sanity checks will do characters in quickly. Standing there gibbering because [[Go Mad From the Revelation|you've gone mad from the revelation]] does not stop the cultist from gunning you down or the horrible monster from fourteen dimensions from deciding to introduce you to them all at once. |
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