(Inland Empire is, after all, the Lynchian skill.) Inland Empire can also offer helpful hints via gut reactions – though you can never be sure when and to what extent to trust its enigmatic messages. Why would you want to be just a regular old cop when you could be a para-natural detective, groping your way through invisible dimensions of reality? it asks you. It lets you know when there might be something mysterious or spooky going on. Basically, Inland Empire has a lot of interesting (read: wrong) ideas about the world. Inland Empire is your unfiltered emotions, dreams, and forebodings. Run out of Morale and you’ll give up in a series of excruciating “I don’t wanna be a cop any more scenes” where your friends get exceedingly tired of talking you back from the ledge. It represents your will to finish the investigation, redeem yourself in the eyes of others. It’s also the skill associated with your Morale - one of the two life bars in the game, along with Health. And when your ego is being inflated by self-congratulation and flattery (say Logic and Authority are having a big old party in your attic, egging each other on), Volition intervenes to cut you down to size before you do something abominably stupid because you’re feeling almighty. No, you do not need to take a swig from that bottle of vodka to help you do it. Yes, you can bear the profound tragedy of human existence, Volition tells you. Volition is all about having a moral compass and the willpower to resist temptations - from the sweet smell of liquor to unsavory urges. However, while Logic may sometimes succumb to the temptation of intellectual arrogance, Volition is more consistent in getting you out of trouble. Volition is the foundational skill for Psyche, as Logic is for Intellect. But this will also make you a greater burden on yourself. You will be a magnetic personality able to pick up on other people’s feelings, a powerhouse of imagination and charisma. Of all our four Attributes, Psyche is the most schizophrenic. Generally speaking, these six unstable dudes will make you into a more sensitive person. Now I’ll talk about the six Psyche skills - Volition, Inland Empire, Empathy, Authority, Suggestion, and Esprit de Corps. In a previous blog post, Lead Designer Robert Kurvitz introduced the Intellect skills, which allow you carve up the world every which way, and assemble new and wondrous things from the pieces.
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