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Originally Posted by Phil Masters
Frankly, the Empathy mechanics badly need fixing. As written, it would be a plausible tactic for a low-IQ character to take Sensitive and then act on the opposite of what it tells them.
Just having failed rolls mean "You're not sure, you don't get a read here", with only critical failures mean actively bad results, would be much better.
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Point. In fact, a base character could successfully use this tactic with Sensitive, and it would be perversely worthwhile at up to IQ12. NDD's suggestion of reusing the old
Rule of 12 strikes me as a good idea but wouldn't fix shenanigans like this. Your idea of just redefining what a normal failure means for this trait looks like the more comprehensive fix. That should also mean that the GM actually misleading you ought to be the result of a critical failure, rather than a normal failure, which fits better with expected results on the degree of success axis.