Belief is gained when supernatural, fantastic, or super-science abilities, creatures, activities or weapons/equipment are seen or encountered in public. The bulk of the Monster Control Board is composed of personnel who are trained just to deal with, and prevent the spread of, belief in the supernatural. In addition, the ancients built numerous structures with the purpose of bleeding off the belief energy, without it causing weaknesses in the fabric of reality.

Belief in the supernatural causes the fabric of reality to weaken, empowering monsters that already exist,