High Synergy represents unity: The human host acting in a geist-like fashion and the geist anticipating the human mind. Low Synergy represents discord: The mortal and the geist warring for control and fighting against one another’s impulses. It is a measure of how unified a Sin-Eater is with his geist. Often, a Sin-Eater who chooses to pursue strong Synergy with his geist must make sacrifices, giving up options that other Sin-Eaters would take for granted. Of course, some of those same actions may cause internal discord on their own. High Synergy can aid a Sin-Eater in performing some tasks, such as opening an Avernian Gate. This rise in correspondence causes the two beings to grow ever closer. This friction can make some of his supernatural talents harder to focus, since the geist can’t exert its influence as easily when it’s not sympathetically bound to its host.Ī rare few Sin-Eaters strive to mesh their own goals to that of their geists, to the point of increasing their Synergy. This usually isn’t so bad it just means the Sin-Eater doesn’t necessarily live up to all of the expectations of his geist. Most of the time, it’s one of the Sin-Eater’s principles. While a Sin-Eater’s moral framework changes along with his new lease on life, the sheer stress of dealing with ghosts, traveling through the Underworld, and arguing with other krewes means that something has to give. Many Bound actually devolve in Synergy, because they find themselves pushed into taking actions of dubious morality. Over time, a Sin-Eater’s Synergy tends to fluctuate. In game terms, this means that the typical Sin-Eater starts with a Synergy score of 7. Still, most Sin-Eaters do adjust, with a little cajoling from the geist and help from a krewe. Indeed, a Sin-Eater who has just had a near-death experience and awakened to a wider supernatural world is hardly in a position to be a stable part of the new relationship. Sin-Eaters rarely fall into a perfect fit with their geists. It represents how well the Bound has integrated with the urges and drives of her geist - which may be a positive thing but isn’t necessarily a good thing. Synergy takes the place of Morality, but is even less of a barometer of how “moral” a character may be than Morality is. Of course, no Sin-Eater is perfect, so more than a few give in to temptations and find themselves dealing with the friction that grows when Sin-Eater and geist fail to harmonize. Sin-Eaters who flout the needs of their geist or who reject or abuse their relationship to the Underworld can quickly spiral into a circle of degeneration that deadens the Psyche and makes the Sin-Eater’s job as a psychopomp very difficult to complete. A Sin-Eater in alignment with his geist benefits from that close connection, which grants a certain peace of mind and an affinity for the little details of the Underworld.

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