Mental Fork

You can split your thought processes.

* Active - By paying 6 Willpower you may split your attentions perfectly in two directions. If taking two actions at once would cause you to gain two bonuses, you instead only gain one of them, chosen at random. If you choose to focus both minds on the same action, you get +2 to d10 rolls and +20 to d100 rolls for the action.
* Mental Fork costs two willpower less if you have already cast it today.​

Extra actions gained with Mental Fork must be purely mental actions. However, if Lucia is active, Mikelle may also perform certain non-mental actions, such as Library Research.

The usual duration is one action slot, but in special circumstances, such as when the action is "sit still and pay attention" and is repeated unchanged a single casting of mental fork can last for several action slots.

The bonus for applying both minds to the same action also applies to d10 bonus rolls.

## Improvements and Breakthroughs

Research: Multithreading

Success: Multithreading improves (+10 Multithreaded Willpower)

Success: Mental Fork learned (10 Willpower: You may split your attention
perfectly in two directions. If taking two actions at once would cause you to gain two bonuses, you only receive one of them, chosen at random.)

Training DC = 9

Training: Mental Fork

Success: Mental Fork improves (Costs 9, from 10)

You have lost 1 maximum willpower

Training DC = 12

Training: Mental Fork

Success: Mental Fork improves (Costs 8, from 9)

You have lost 1 maximum willpower

Training DC = 15

Training: Mental Fork

Success: Mental Fork Improves (Instead of doing two actions at once, you may
instead get +1 to d10 rolls and +10 to d100 rolls)

Training DC = 18

Training: Mental Fork

Success: Mental Fork Improves (Costs 7, from 8)

You have lost 1 maximum willpower

Training DC = 20

Training: Mental Fork

Success: Mental Fork improves (Consecutive Mental Fork actions cost two willpower less)

Training DC = 25

Training: Mental Fork

Success: Mental Fork improves (Bonus from Focusing both mind's on the same task
is now +2 for 1d10 and +20 for 1d100 rolls. From +1 and +10)

Research: Multithreading

Success: Multithreading Improves (50 Willpower pool, from 40)

Success: Mental Fork Improves (Costs 6, from 7)

Training DC = 25

Training: Mental Fork

Breakthrough: Mental Fork Improves (Actions no longer need to be consecutive to gain the discount)

Computer Science Bonus: Mental Fork improves (At the cost of 5 Maximum willpower, Mental Fork
only costs 3 Willpower, from costing 6 on first cast and 4 on consecutive casts.)

## References

1. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-233#post-444827
2. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-336#post-2365432
3. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-199#post-342353
4. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-212#post-366475
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-246#post-463531
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/page-287#post-533531
7. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-52#post-1694510
8. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-165#post-1985509
9. ↑ https://forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/polyhistor-academy-year-two.6716/page-418#post-2552194