Editing Talk:Genius The Transgression/Chapter Two: Character Creation (section)

===Denial (Severe)===

A more pronounced form of the Depersonalization derangement, Dissociation actually puts the mage's body on a sort of "conscious autopilot"; the most important parts of his mind are locked away, while the rest of him carries on. The world feels unreal and utterly devoid of emotional depth to a mage in the throes of Dissociation.

In addition to the effects of Depersonalization, a mage suffering from an active Dissociation derangement cannot recuperate Willpower by upholding his Virtue or indulging his Vice; such acts hold no genuine emotional or spiritual significance to him. As a Bedlam derangement, Dissociation causes the willworker to suffer a -2 penalty to any contested roll against Life Arcanum magic, as well as -2 to his appropriate Resistance Attribute when passively resisting such a spell.