Magical Style: Empty Mind

GURPS Thaumatology: Magical Styles is one of my absolute favorite Fourth Edition books.  I've thrown together a few styles since it came out.  This one hasn't been taken by a PC yet, but I think it's pretty solid.

The Grey Philosophers

Nicknames: The Grey Clods; Grey-robes.
Allies: No one likes them enough to admit to it.
Rivals: The Illusionists.

The Grey Philosophers teach that life is without objective meaning.  They use this as the basis of a magical philosophy centered around strengthening the mind against outside influence, hostile or otherwise. The Grey Philosophers are considered humorless solipsists by most other magical practitioners, and don’t often get invited to parties.

Empty Mind                                                                13 points

Style Prerequisites: Magery 1 (not One-College).

A practitioner of Empty Mind seeks stillness of being as a method of protecting himself against outside control.  He will also use its spells to empty the minds of others, when necessary, to defend his physical self.  The goal is not use one’s mastery of mental magic to control others, but to control oneself.

Empty Mind is taught in a traditional master/apprentice relationship, and is never taught to anyone who has studied another style.  Most practitioners are dedicated enough to the style’s teachings that they don’t study any other magical styles after learning this one.  On the other hand, martial styles or meditative disciplines are quite popular.

Required Skills: Autohypnosis, Dreaming, Meditation, Mind Block, Philosophy (Nihilism), Teaching.

Required Spells: Hide Emotion, Hide Thoughts, Scryguard, Sense Emotion, Sense Foes, Ward.

Perks: Continuous Ritual (Any), Huge Subjects (Any), Intimidating Curses, Life Force Burn, No Gestures (Any), No Incantations (Any), Obscure True Name, Rule of 17-18 (Any), Secret Spell (Permanent Forgetfulness or Vigil), Shortcut to Power (Dispel Illusion or Know True Shape), Solitary Ceremonial Casting, Special Exercises (Mind Shield or Wild Talent 1), Spell Resistance (Charm, Command, Enslave, Foolishness, Loyalty, Mindlessness, or Weaken Will), Willful Casting.

Secret Spells: Permanent Forgetfulness, Vigil.

Optional Traits

Attributes: Increased IQ and Will.

Advantages: Autotrance, Fearlessness, Hard to Subdue, High Pain Threshold, Illuminated, Intuition, Less Sleep, Mind Shield, Zeroed.

Disadvantages: Attentive, Callous, Delusion (Alien entities want to dominate my mind), Disciplines of Faith (Asceticism), Incurious, Loner, Overconfidence, Paranoid, Proud, Shyness.

Skills: Cooking, Exorcism, Housekeeping, Judo, Psionics, Savior-faire (Servant), Staff, Thaumatology.

Spell List (spells marked with * are Secret Spells)

Spell	Prerequisites
Aura	Detect Magic
Boost Intelligence	Wisdom
Bravery†	Strengthen Will
Conceal Magic	Magery 1 & Detect Magic
Counterspell	Magery 1
Daze	Foolishness
Detect Magic	None
Dispel Illusion	Mage Sight
Dispel Possession	Hide Thoughts
Emotion Control	Mental Stun
False Aura	Conceal Magic & Aura
Foolishness	IQ 12
Forgetfulness	Magery 1 & Foolishness
Great Ward	Magery 2 & Ward
Hide Emotion	Sense Emotion
Hide Thoughts	Hide Emotion
Insignificance	10 Empty Mind spells
Know True Shape	Magery 1 and 8 Empty Mind spells including Aura
Lend Energy	Magery 1
Mage Sense	Detect Magic
Mage Sight	Detect Magic
Magic Resistance	Magery 1 & 7 Empty Mind spells
Mass Daze	IQ 13 and Daze
Memorize	Wisdom
Mental Stun	Daze
Mindlessness	Magery 2 & Forgetfulness
Mind-reading	Truthsayer
Permanent Forgetfulness*	IQ 13, Magery 2, & Forgetfulness
Reflect	Ward
Scryfool	Magery 2, Sense Observation, & Hide Thoughts
Scryguard	Magery 1
Scrywall	Scryguard
See Invisible	6 Empty Mind spells
Sense Danger	Sense Foes
Sense Emotion	Sense Foes
Sense Foes	None
Sense Observation	Sense Danger or Scryguard
Share Energy	Lend Energy
Spell Shield	Magery 2, Scryguard, and Magic Resistance
Strengthen Will	Magery 1 and Weaken Will
Truthsayer	Sense Emotion
Vigil*	Magery 2, Lend Energy, and Autohypnosis-15
Ward	Magery 1
Weaken Will	Magery 1 and Foolishness
Wisdom	Strengthen Will

Edited 1/27/16: I corrected a couple of minor errors in the prerequisite list and took See Invisible out of the Shortcut to Power Perk (if you have the style you have the six prereqs.  Oops.)