Innate Attack Gaze through Cameras

[whswhs]

* If you have built in cameras rather than eyes (because you're a robot or something), it's just Sense-Based.

* If you're a biological organism, but have cameras that you carry around and use to attack, you buy the power with gadget modifiers.

* If the cameras can be sent out on some sort of remote controlled vehicle, I'd buy the attack with Guided. And probably gadget modifiers again.

[Coinage]

Okay, so from what I gather, "Innate Attack, Gaze" with the Enhancement "Malediction" seems to be the most straightforward to do it.

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

(And yes, Malediction is the easy way out, but it seemed to me that Rupert was interested in an alternative, at least for IAs.)

Actually, I'd forgotten that Malediction could be applied to things other than Affliction. Given that it can be applied to IAs, that's what I'd start with.

I would assume that attacking via a CCTV feed or live TV feed would take the -4 (if location known within a yard) or -6 penalty (you can see him, but don't have a precise location). Of course if the feed has that small delay that's built into many 'live' TV feeds these days, and the target moved, your attack won't work.

[GasMan]

I'd probably let it work if whichever thing you are using to see is directly connected to your optical nerves or brain, or whatever.

Otherwise I'd say it is like looking at a video of the sun, stare as you might, your retinas won't be burned away.

[Coinage]

Originally Posted by Rupert

I would assume that attacking via a CCTV feed or live TV feed would take the -4 (if location known within a yard) or -6 penalty (you can see him, but don't have a precise location). Of course if the feed has that small delay that's built into many 'live' TV feeds these days, and the target moved, your attack won't work.

Could you cite where you are getting the penalties? Do they appear within books?

[weby]

Originally Posted by Coinage

Could you cite where you are getting the penalties? Do they appear within books?

They are combat modifiers. Easiest found in B547 lower right corner under visibility.

[weby]

Originally Posted by GasMan

I'd probably let it work if whichever thing you are using to see is directly connected to your optical nerves or brain, or whatever.

Otherwise I'd say it is like looking at a video of the sun, stare as you might, your retinas won't be burned away.

That is fully within your rights to say as GM, but personally I tend to go with similar rules where no specific rule exists.

And in this case the similar rule is under spell casting for targeting people you cannot see, so I would probably go with that.