An idea for an advantage

Astromancer · 10-13-2017, 01:59 PM

I noticed the Sensitive advantage this morning and the thought occurred to me that their was room for and similar advantage based off Intuition. Since Sensitive is simply Empathy at IQ-3, why not have a five point version of Intuition?

I would call this advantage Astute. It would work just like Intuition but the roll would be IQ-3.

I know that many people think Intuition is way to powerful. But this limited version would let a PC have the same kind of advantage and the role that goes with that advantage, but in a less game shredding form.

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Kelly Pedersen · 10-13-2017, 02:20 PM

The basic idea is fine, but I wouldn't price it at -5. Empathy is 10 points more expensive than Sensitive because it effectively reduces the level of Talent that Empathy provides from 3 levels to 1. Intuition, on the other hand, provides no Talent bonus - its price is entirely contained in the basic ability, to roll IQ and get a correct guess. Reducing that roll by -3 is just the Hard to Use limitation, which is worth -5% per -3. So Intuition with -3 to IQ is still 15 points, since you round up. You'd have to hit -6 in order to get it down to 14 points.

sir_pudding · 10-13-2017, 04:04 PM

Note that weak, highly limited Intuition could be an alternative Talent benefit. Probably IQ-4 +Talent to answer questions related to the Talent's domain.

10-13-2017, 01:59 PM	#1
Astromancer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Virginia	An idea for an advantage I noticed the Sensitive advantage this morning and the thought occurred to me that their was room for and similar advantage based off Intuition. Since Sensitive is simply Empathy at IQ-3, why not have a five point version of Intuition? I would call this advantage Astute. It would work just like Intuition but the roll would be IQ-3. I know that many people think Intuition is way to powerful. But this limited version would let a PC have the same kind of advantage and the role that goes with that advantage, but in a less game shredding form. Reactions? __________________ Per Ardua Per Astra! Ancora Imparo

10-13-2017, 02:20 PM	#2
Kelly Pedersen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada	Re: An idea for an advantage The basic idea is fine, but I wouldn't price it at -5. Empathy is 10 points more expensive than Sensitive because it effectively reduces the level of Talent that Empathy provides from 3 levels to 1. Intuition, on the other hand, provides no Talent bonus - its price is entirely contained in the basic ability, to roll IQ and get a correct guess. Reducing that roll by -3 is just the Hard to Use limitation, which is worth -5% per -3. So Intuition with -3 to IQ is still 15 points, since you round up. You'd have to hit -6 in order to get it down to 14 points.

10-13-2017, 04:04 PM	#3
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: An idea for an advantage Note that weak, highly limited Intuition could be an alternative Talent benefit. Probably IQ-4 +Talent to answer questions related to the Talent's domain.