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Old 05-09-2017, 06:28 PM   #7
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Default Re: Visibility rules

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
If you want to see them, yes. It's more complex for recognizing them. On one hand, once you've spotted them, discerning their features takes a +20 bonus (see GURPS Powers: Enhanced Senses). But on the other, you have to discern features that are a lot smaller than an SM 0 human!
If we consider that a character knows well someone, a GM could let the player use proportions of parts of the body to spot him or her. Like the head, thigh or forearms measures crossed against each other. That would give a -6, and as a rule, an average person would recognize someone he knows at 150 yards.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...s-no-help.html

To tell one face from the other, a person would have to compare the lenght of facial features with one another (2 or 3 inch). That would give like -10, or, 30 yards.

That would be a reasonable answer for #2.
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