Psyfocus and Meditation

0% - 25% will lose 3.5% per day; can use up to level 2 psycasts



25% - 50% will lose 5.5% per day; can use up to level 4 psycasts



50% - 100% will lose 7.5% per day; can use up to level 6 psycasts

Artistic (those with civilized backgrounds)



Dignified (the nobles)



Flame (the pyromaniacs)



Minimal (the ascetics)



Morbid (the mentally troubled)



Natural (the tribals or uncivilized backgrounds)

Artistic

Awful : +12%, +0% linked



: +12%, +0% linked Poor : +16%, +0% linked



: +16%, +0% linked Normal : +20%, +1 linked



: +20%, +1 linked Good : +22%, +1 linked



: +22%, +1 linked Excellent : +24%, +1 linked



: +24%, +1 linked Masterwork : +26%, +2 linked



: +26%, +2 linked Legendary : +28%, +2 linked



: +28%, +2 linked Stele : +15%



: +15% Grand Stele: +18%

Dignified

Meditation Throne: +15%



Grand Meditation Throne: +15%

Score: 0; -5% Strength



Score: 30; +0% Strength



Score: 60; +4% Strength



Score: 100; +8% Strength



Score: 170; +10% Strength

Flame

Torch: +10%, +1% linked



Campfire: +12%, +2% linked



Brazier: +15%, +2% linked

Minimal

Wall: +22%

Morbid

Grave: +6% (+10% for relationship), +1% linked (+1% if filled)



Sarcophagus: +10% (+10% for relationship), +1% linked (+1% if filled)

Other Boosts:

Psyfocus is described as the structure of thought required to use psycasts. It's sort of like psyching yourself up before giving a speech or performing in front of an audience. The amount of psyfocus built up also limits what level of psycasts you can use. Now this mental preparation does not last forever, and it decays faster the more psyfocus the psycaster has stored up:Through, of course! Meditation on it's own will get you. If you are serious about using psycasts, you will need to get your psycaster a Meditation Focus.Each psycaster will have a preference to what kind of focus that they will benefit from, which is derived from their background, traits, and, for the snobs, nobility status.The types of meditation focuses are:Don't worry about guessing, you can find what meditation types a character can use in their information screen.Giving your psycaster an appropriate meditation focus will give them a boost to how much psyfocus they can build in a day. Depending on the focus type, there are various ways to boost the amount of psyfocus it can give.Up to 9 sculptures can be placed near a meditation spot to benefit a psycaster with an Artistic focus. Whoever is meditating on the spot will focus on one sculpture. The remaining 8 sculptures will link to the main focus sculpture, providing a boost to the amount of psyfocus it can produce.The higher quality the art piece is the bigger focus boost it provides. The size of the sculpture and material does not seem to have an effect on focus strength. If you have crap artists, then you can build steles or grand steles instead, though they will not link together like sculptures will.Main focus and linked strength bonus:Following these stats, the best setup will require one legendary(+28%) sculpture to serve as the main focus along with 8 masterwork sculptures(+2% each) or better to get a total focus bonus of a whopping +44%.This meditation type requires a meditation throne, which you would already have for psycasters who have gained this focus. The psyfocus gained through this method is dictated by the impressiveness level of the throne room, the higher the better.Focus strength bonus:The impressiveness of a room can be improved by using high quality floors, doors, columns, art, and furniture. Using expensive or prettier materials for everything will give a boost too. The easiest way to boost impressiveness is by bigger room size, although it will get very expensive to make a large room satisfactory to higher ranked nobles.Room impressiveness scores and bonuses given:An extra +8% is gained for satisfying the title requirements of the assigned noble.The best setup for this will require either throne(+15%), an appropriate throne room(+8%), and a room impressiveness score of at least 170(+10%) for a total bonus of +33%.This focus is based around fire and is exclusive to pyromaniacs. The focuses for this type are torches, camp fires, and braziers. Of course they will need to be fueled and lit to provide any bonus. Like the artistic focus, up to 9 focus sources can be used at once for a meditation spot, with one being selected as the primary focus while the other 8 linking to the main one.Focus strength and linked bonus:The best possible setup would be using one brazier(+15%) as the main focus and 8 more braziers or camp fires(+2% each) for a total bonus of 31%.A meditation available only to those with the Ascetic trait.For an ascetic to be happy, they need only the basics. An empty room will do.Focus strength and linked bonus:... And that's it. the best you can do for this focus is +22%. At least it's the cheapest, only requiring a blank room.This is the meditation granted to those with the psycopath, cannibal, masochist, jealous, bloodlust, undergrounder, or tortured artist traits. The focus for this meditation type are graves. Of course, the graves will need to be full to get the most bonus from them. Up to 5 graves can be used at once for a meditation spot.An extra focus bonus is given for graves of those who had a relationship with the person meditating. Spouse, lover, rival, any relationship would do.Focus strength and linked bonus:The bonuses in the parenthesis is given in addition to the primary bonus, (eg. a relationship with someone in a sarcophagus will grant a total +20% focus; an empty linked grave/sarcophagus will give a +1% bonus, but a filled one will give a total of +2%)Also it is good to note that only the main meditation focus can benefit from the relationship boost.The optimal setup will need one sarcophagus(+10%) that contains someone with a relationship(+10%) to the one using the meditation spot, and then 4 other filled graves or sarcophagi(+2% each) for a maximum meditation focus strength of +28%.There are a couple of other ways to boost psyfocus gain from meditation:For those that like to live on the edge, the drugA weapon persona with the personality trait