Law 44: Disarm and Infuriate With the Mirror Effect. - Deepstash

Law 44: Disarm and Infuriate With the Mirror Effect.

  • The Neutralizing Effect: Do what your enemies do, following their actions as best you can, and they cannot see what you are up to—they are blinded by your mirror.
  • The Narcissus Effect: Reflect their desires, values, and tastes.
  • The Moral Effect: Give them a taste of their own medicine.
  • The Hallucinatory Effect: Create a perfect copy of an object, a place, a person, that people take for the real thing.

Key to Power: Use mirror effects to disturb others, giving you the power to manipulate and seduce them. 

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