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Old 11-01-2011, 09:30 AM   #9
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Default Re: [Social Engineering] Charisma treated inconsistently with BIO/Basic

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Originally Posted by Polydamas View Post
And where does it say that that matters whether the user of the power can see the subject? As p. B109 states, "your attack is channelled through your victim's senses. ... for instance, a Vision Based attack cannot affect a blind subject or one with their eyes closed." If you see Medusa, it doesn't matter whether she saw you (and lots of things with Sense-Based effects, like a Flash-Bang, have no senses themselves).
"only applies to
those who can both see and hear you, and only if you can see
and hear them also; "

"it requires seeing and hearing audience
reactions. Real-time two-way audio and video communication
allows Charisma to modify reaction and Influence rolls; one-way communication doesn’t."

That is definitely both Sense-Based and Reverse Sense-Based.
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