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Shimmin Beg 11-27-2022 05:40 AM

[Psionic Powers] Vision-Based, Weaker Variant
 
I'm looking at building some sensory abilities, and I noticed that Psionic Powers, p. 33 has Electric Vision with the "Vision-Based, Weaker Variant, -10%" modifier.

So far I've not been able to track this modifier to a source (but it might be an original here). I'm just trying to work out what this represents compared with the general Sense-Based, Reversed, -20%.

One possibility that occurred to me was a lower limitation value because this isn't an attack. It seems like a really useful modifier for Detect so I'd like to know the intention behind it.

sir_pudding 11-27-2022 03:55 PM

Re: [Psionic Powers] Vision-Based, Weaker Variant
 
The example in Powers for Vision Based Detect uses the full -20%, and I can't tell what is different about Electric Vision.

johndallman 11-27-2022 04:14 PM

Re: [Psionic Powers] Vision-Based, Weaker Variant
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Shimmin Beg (Post 2460153)
I'm looking at building some sensory abilities, and I noticed that Psionic Powers, p. 33 has Electric Vision with the "Vision-Based, Weaker Variant, -10%" modifier.

So far I've not been able to track this modifier to a source (but it might be an original here). I'm just trying to work out what this represents compared with the general Sense-Based, Reversed, -20%.

I think it's only -10% because you can see through a few inches of material. It would be remarkably useless if you couldn't, given the need to keep people away from electricity.

sir_pudding 11-27-2022 06:06 PM

Re: [Psionic Powers] Vision-Based, Weaker Variant
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by johndallman (Post 2460205)
I think it's only -10% because you can see through a few inches of material. It would be remarkable useless if you couldn't, given the need to keep people away from electricity.

Yep, that's probably it.

Shimmin Beg 11-28-2022 03:07 PM

Re: [Psionic Powers] Vision-Based, Weaker Variant
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by johndallman (Post 2460205)
I think it's only -10% because you can see through a few inches of material. It would be remarkably useless if you couldn't, given the need to keep people away from electricity.

Thanks John! That's a useful point.


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