09-24-2014, 12:13 PM | #1 |
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Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
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I was thinking about a "Ultimate Vision Advantage", mergint both Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision. But I'm unsure of how to do it. I mean, sure, I can just take both for full price. But's when you have Hyperspectral Vision for 25 points, paying another 25 for Dark Vision it seems too much. It doesn't seems to be cost-effective. I also know I can get one as the main advantage (probably the HSV) and use the other as an alternative ability for something like 5 points. But I was wondering if there would be other alternatives. Something like a HSV Enhancement maybe, I don't know. What do you guys think? Anyway, sorry for any english mistakes! =]
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09-24-2014, 01:08 PM | #2 |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
I would think if you had both extensions and could see the entirety of the electromagnetic spectrum, you would have effective darkvision all the time, barring extreme circumstances.
I saw a science show where they lit up the sky with all the cosmic rays we cannot see, and there was no black in the sky. And many of those rays can pass through matter so you can see them indoors. |
09-24-2014, 01:32 PM | #3 |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
Unless you have the disadvantage No Body Heat, just being in the room will cause you to emit some thermal radiation. That said, taking both enhancements on Hyperspectral Vision would allow you to see in some frequency of light in 99.99999999% of situations. And that tiny fraction is you having No Body Heat in an area at 0° Kelvin (absolute zero).
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
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My point is: It doesn't seems to be cost-effective to have both. Since you already see in the dark somehow, the benefit of adding another full-cost advantage seems little. That's why I was thinking in merging both advantages somehow.
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09-24-2014, 01:54 PM | #5 |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
Seeing in color requires the presence of visible spectrum light... That's just physics. Add a modifier to interpret non-visual spectrum light into its regular "colors".
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09-24-2014, 02:07 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
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I would think something similar would happen if you are able to detect minute differences in the light due to it interacting with matter; if you could not you would not be able to use the light to see. So you would be seeing colors by default, far more colors than ROYGBIV. Colors we have no experience with, because we cannot natively perceive them. Remember, radio waves ARE visible to the person we are talking about. |
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09-24-2014, 03:19 PM | #7 |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
This is slightly more advantageous than taking Hyperspectral Vision [25] and then Dark Vision as an AA [5, or 6 with color]. As such, "Dark Sight" might make a reasonable (if completely unrealistic) special enhancement for Hyperspectral Vision at +30% for B&W or +40% for color. That works out to +8 points or +10 points, which seems fair considering the hefty degree of overlap.
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09-24-2014, 04:19 PM | #8 |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
My suggestion is to go from passive to active "seeing." When there is no source of photons, you emit your own and see the reflection. That would just be a 0-point feature on Dark Vision, but it might be a plausible enhancement to Hypersight. Maybe +20%?
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09-24-2014, 04:29 PM | #9 |
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Re: Merging Hyperspectral Vision and Dark Vision
Having a temperature above 0° Kelvin implies emitting photons in the infrared range. Unless you have No Body Heat and you are in an environment of absolute zero, Infravision will at least let you navigate through a cave. Sure, you can't tell which gem is green and which is red, but, you won't step into the open death pit.
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