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Old 08-18-2019, 12:01 PM   #12
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Default Re: How to design a super power that makes people vomit

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Originally Posted by Toptomcat View Post
If the effect was Always On with respect to those who saw the character's actual *face*, which they could conceal with a mask or a veil or a helmet or something, I'd call that 5%- maybe 10% if they were routinely subjected to area effects that destroyed their headgear and, as a matter of genre convention, didn't routinely carry spare masks.
B109 guidelines mention:
a Vision-Based attack cannot affect a blind subject or someone with his eyes closed
It doesn't seem like you actually need to be looking at the attacker at all, weirdly? Or you'd think "or has their back turned" would also be a defense.

I don't think you would limit 'Always On', but rather have an additional limitation (making the ability cheaper, not more expensive by lessening the Always On discount) since afflictions which affect fewer targets are less expensive.
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