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Old 08-24-2018, 08:57 PM   #527
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Default Re: New Sci Fi Setting Seeds

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
I do not think that biomods can give Empathy (maybe the Empath Talent, but not Empathy). Now, a proteus virus could give someone the Delusion that they possess Empathy, which could be real scary if the Delusion was ubiquitous. When it comes to brainwashing though, it just works better when you have a telepath around to tell you if it worked.
In the GURPS game Empathy or the advantage of that name can be induced with a bio-mod. As I wrote it, the people of this setting aren't into mind control, but they will require you to be healthy on their terms. That's coercive enough to be alienating. But you could see someone making a defense of it.
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