Power Word Stun

Freeze a process instantly — hard pause, state preserved, resumable.

What This Skill Does

In D&D, Power Word Stun locks a creature in place — alive but unable to act. The real-world version is SIGSTOP: a hard freeze that preserves state but halts all activity. Account lockouts, emergency process suspension, administrative holds. Unlike Power Word Kill, the target can be unfrozen. The spell is for situations where something must stop right now but destruction is not warranted — you need the process alive for investigation, for later resumption, or because killing it would cause worse problems than freezing it. In this grimoire, Power Word Stun is treated as a hybrid spell with a shipping-now delivery profile. Canonical reference input: Power Word Stun (spell).

When To Use

• A process or account must be frozen immediately but not destroyed.
• You suspect compromise or abuse and need to preserve state for investigation.
• Emergency suspension is needed while a human decides the next step.

Prerequisites

• No extra runtime dependencies beyond Hermes Agent and the normal toolset for this session.

Procedure