This particular Discord is inflicted on indecisive
demons by Kronos whenever he's in a particularly sour
mood. Usually, this means that it only shows up in
incompetent Servitors of Fate, but it does sometime
occur naturally. Those with this Discord have had
their natures altered to make decision making
intensely pleasurable.
When the Discord is triggered, the celestial will find
himself temporarily transported to a mental state
where everything suddenly makes sense. He understands
it all, for all too brief a time. Unfortunately, this
sensation is profoundly false: the insights disappear
when he comes out of it. The higher the Discord, the
longer this state lasts, and the more trivial the
triggering mechanism. Someone with Epiphany/1 will go
into happy catatonia for a second or two after solving
a particularly difficult mystery: someone with
Epiphany/6 will zone out for an hour over successfully
choosing which tie to wear today. While in this
state, a celestial is absolutely helpless: he'll
barely notice being sent to Trauma. Celestial damage
will snap him out of the state, but disorientated (-6
to all rolls for 5 minutes).
The celestial may choose to temporarily resist having
an Epiphany with a Will Roll, with a minus equal to
the level of the Discord and the number of times that
he's successfully kept himself from resisting the call
since the last bout of catatonia. Any celestial has a
-1 reaction from others per level of Discord (tripled
in combat situations): they just can't be trusted.
Note that this Discord doesn't help someone make
decisions, except in the sense of operant conditioning
(someone with Epiphany would be justified in taking
Addiction: decision making, or even Addiction:
Dissonance as a further Discord). Kronos originally
wanted to give all his Servitors this Discord, but the
side effects made that inadvisable. It still makes
for a dandy punishment, though: Kronos routinely sends
demons inflicted with this Discord immediately to the
corporeal plane, and expects them to remain
productive. It certainly encourages the others to be
less vacillating...
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