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Varyon · 10-16-2019, 08:53 AM

I see no problem with having both, although I’d be tempted to have Telescopic Vision require corrective lenses for nearsighted elves. As Mitigator: Glasses is -60% IIRC, Requires Glasses should be -40%.

Unless elves (or at least elves that need glasses) are super-rare, I don’t think glasses would be any more expensive for them than for humans, although nearsighted elves may require bifocals to be able to use their telescopic vision. If they are rare, they’d need to go to someone who knows how to make elf-compatible glasses (their eyes are likely too different from humans to work exactly the same way), and such specialists may well charge extra.

10-16-2019, 08:53 AM	#2
Varyon Join Date: Jun 2013	Re: Telescoping vision and far/nearsighted I see no problem with having both, although I’d be tempted to have Telescopic Vision require corrective lenses for nearsighted elves. As Mitigator: Glasses is -60% IIRC, Requires Glasses should be -40%. Unless elves (or at least elves that need glasses) are super-rare, I don’t think glasses would be any more expensive for them than for humans, although nearsighted elves may require bifocals to be able to use their telescopic vision. If they are rare, they’d need to go to someone who knows how to make elf-compatible glasses (their eyes are likely too different from humans to work exactly the same way), and such specialists may well charge extra. __________________ GURPS Overhaul