Incomprehensible knowledge

Kind Environmental or Procedural Threat · Threat type Affliction

When one delves into primordial mysteries, one must grapple with alien and unsettling ideas. Dwell on them too long and the mind turns against itself. Fixation and sleeplessness come first; then the victim's instinct warps — toward paranoia (to invent dangers), compulsion (to obsessively repeat actions), or apathy (to let things escalate). After that, whenever the GM compels action on that instinct, mark XP for obeying and Defy Danger for resisting. The impending doom: retire your PC, who becomes a threat and a wildcard.

Instinct: To unravel any sense of safety/self