A Note about Delusions and Sanity Point Loss

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The delusion of a sanity-threatening entity (e.g. a monster) may cause an investigator the same potential Sanity point loss as the real thing. The player has a choice: either accept what is seen as "real" and make the appropriate Sanity Roll for seeing that monster, or make a Reality Check Roll. If the player makes a successful reality check roll and dispels the delusion, no Sanity roll needs to be made - there was no monster after all, perhaps just a tramp who appeared to be a monster in the eyes of the insane investigator. However, if the player fails the reality check roll, the insane investigator loses one Sanity point and enters a Bout of Madness.

Note that while suffering a bout of madness the investigator is immune to further Sanity point loss and need not make a Sanity roll for seeing the monster. If the monster (delusion or not) is still present at the end of the bout of madness, the player will then have to make the appropriate Sanity roll for seeing the monster.