Touch and Reading Books

[jamesfoxbr]

I need help with a ability.
How to do a ability to reading a entire book just touching the book?

[Yami Fowl]

That requires a little flexibility on the GM...

I'd first say:

Detect (Books):
Touch Based
Analyzing

So, you touch the book, roll "Per", then you know what are the properties of the book, and I'd allow a player to assume he "read" the book by that.

[jamesfoxbr]

I see, but if I want read the book just in one second or very rapidly? (Thank you for the help/Obrigado pela ajuda )

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by Yami Fowl

I'd first say:

Detect (Books):
Touch Based
Analyzing

So, you touch the book, roll "Per", then you know what are the properties of the book, and I'd allow a player to assume he "read" the book by that.

Not a bad idea, I'd say, although I might quibble about the detected substance. You could add the Analysis Only limit from Psionic Powers (otherwise you're including a passive detect feature that you may not want). Other builds might involve ModAb (Super Memorization) or Wild Talent, where individual books are treated as their own skills.

[whswhs]

Take a look at the Memory Bank modifier for Mind Probe in GURPS Powers. +100% to store a limited number of minds; +150% for an unlimited number. Storing a book would seem comparable, but put on top of an ability that lets you instantaneously access textual information rather than neural. That might be Detect Text with the Analyze modifier.

Does the ability only work for print books? Or does it include picking up a CD with a book stored on it and knowing what the book says?

Is it a matter of instantly learning the text, or instantly learning the ideational content? If it's learning the text, is it then necessary to go through a "reading the book" process to assimilate its content? If it's learning the content, what happens if the content is confusing or difficult to make sense of? Can the character be incapacitated by handing him Finnegans Wake or The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money?

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by jamesfoxbr

I see, but if I want read the book just in one second or very rapidly? (Thank you for the help/Obrigado pela ajuda )

Use Modular Abilities: Super Memorization

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Take a look at the Memory Bank modifier for Mind Probe in GURPS Powers. +100% to store a limited number of minds; +150% for an unlimited number. Storing a book would seem comparable, but put on top of an ability that lets you instantaneously access textual information rather than neural.

I like this one. Cybernetic Only is available for Mind Probe and "Cosmic, any data storage medium" for (perhaps) +50% would seem to be within a reasoanble GM's discretion.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

I like this one. Cybernetic Only is available for Mind Probe and "Cosmic, any data storage medium" for (perhaps) +50% would seem to be within a reasoanble GM's discretion.

Or perhaps for free if it works for print instead of digital.

Bill Stoddard

[Yami Fowl]

Originally Posted by jamesfoxbr

I see, but if I want read the book just in one second or very rapidly? (Thank you for the help/Obrigado pela ajuda )

Yes, Detect takes only one concentration maneuver...

=D

[PK]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Take a look at the Memory Bank modifier for Mind Probe in GURPS Powers. +100% to store a limited number of minds; +150% for an unlimited number.

This is a very good starting place, I agree. Though remember that Memory Bank takes an hour, so you'll need a lot of Reduced Time.