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Originally Posted by naloth
I've always treated it as working if you can interact or observe the subject in a meaningful way. You wouldn't need to reduce range penalties, because they don't apply. I would consider apply perception penalties (relying on only voice or only vision), but it wouldn't be based on range.
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"direct, personal meetings", as it is phrased in Powers p48. I always took that to mean very short range, like touching distance.
Here is PK's fairly recent take on the Basic advantage, which can be contrasted with the somewhat more "Telepathy"-like Emotion Sense ability from Psionic Powers.