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Rune Breakers
The Mentalists’ Lore: Medusa’s Mirror
As mentioned in the article, Trance Breakers, abused mentalism for con crimes can be countered by understanding the intent and methods used by criminal mentalists who have turned to crimes for profit. Further from the awareness of the methods deployed, countermeasures to protect marks (targeted victims) can be designed and learned by any ardent public to protect themselves from the predatory ventures of the skilled con man trained in the mentalist field.
2 classes of breakers are designed as countermeasures:
1. `Trance Inducers` exploits the flaws of the human mind. We designed antidotes and immunity mechanisms, and these countermeasures are termed as `Trance Breakers` (A2).
2. `Rune Constructs` are assisting set-up for the `Trace Inducers` to confuse or confound the marks to destabilize their mental state and put the marks in vulnerable state, to hijack their decisions and behavior. We designed detectors and offensive formation breakers. These countermeasures are termed as `Rune Breakers` (A3).
The ruse is usually a set up of situational illusion and mentalist deception. By breaking A2 and A3, we can unravel the malicious scheme.
Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they’re gonna fool you, and then…