Unknown Armies:Mind
Stephen Hawking has a really high Mind score. Most people who appear on Maury Povich don't. It governs how quickly you think, and how good you are examining an idea from all sides. It's also how mentally tough you are. When things go south in the occult underground, people lose their marbles. With a high Mind stat, you've got a much bigger sack of marbles you can lose.
What Mind means
| 10s | You are a clinical moron. |
| 20s | You're mentally retarded, but capable of independant living with frequent oversight. |
| 30s | You've got an IQ around 60. |
| 40s | You're no genius, but you can answer the occasional riddle on Jeapordy and remember to phrase it as a question. |
| 50s | You're average. |
| 60s | You do crosswords in ink. |
| 70s | If you wanted to, you could get into Mensa. |
| 80s | You're a genius, with an IQ of 150+. |
| 90s | You're capable of lightning-fast inductions and deductions that look like ESP to average minds. |
Mind and Madness meters
When you created your Fear passion, you linked it to one of the five Madness meters. These measure how close you are to going crazy, freaking out, freezing like a headlighted deer, blowing your brains out, or running into the night howling like a wolf. These things happen when you start talking with demons, melting your face to win friends, and exorcising the supernatural resonance of a sex crime. It's tough stuff, and your Mind stat is all that stands between you and going completely gonzo batshit.
But why go crazy if you already live there? If you've had some heavy trauma in your life, you can go ahead and start using those madness meters right now. You can put up to three "failed" notches onto your madness meters, total. For each one you take, you can also take a "hardened" notch as well. They don't have to be on the same meters—if you're going to be crazy, be your own special kind of crazy. And if you want more than three of each, talk to your GM. Remember to wear clothes.
If you're an Adept, you have to take one failed and one hardened notch in the Unnatural meter. (This is in addition to any other notches you take.) Play with fire, get burned.