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aesir23 01-31-2010 09:42 AM
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[EDIT] I asked a stupid question when the answer was plainly in the post. Deleted question.

Figleaf23 01-31-2010 09:57 AM
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Acute Mediated Sense (Specify Sense) - Acute vision, hearing, smell/taste, etc., but only when senses are mediated through video recording, holographics, 'sensies', magical divination, psionics, or whatever.

tanniynim 01-31-2010 12:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket Man (Post 925073)
Inspired by the new Sherlock Holmes movie:

No Pictures, Please: No one can get a clear photograph of your face. This may be the result of fortunate accidents ("How'd that bird get in the picture?") or your own trained reflexes in covering up. Note that this is NOT Zeroed ... there may well be records with a great deal of information on you. It's just that none of them will include a mug shot.
I'd let it go as a perk in this era or if you mentioned the complications in modern society about not being able to get your picture taken. It's likely that you would not have a passport or driver's license, be able to access any secure locations that require a retinal or facial scan or have your picture available in any other beneficial situation.

Otherwise, this is way too powerful for societies where cameras are on every street corner, filming your every move.

Sense of Duty (Kittens) 01-31-2010 06:02 PM
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It also apprears as a Supernatural Feature in The Ring.

Sense of Duty (Kittens) 01-31-2010 06:20 PM
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Instant 180 Degree Turn You can turn around as a free action.

Rocket Man 01-31-2010 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tanniynim (Post 925454)
I'd let it go as a perk in this era or if you mentioned the complications in modern society about not being able to get your picture taken. It's likely that you would not have a passport or driver's license, be able to access any secure locations that require a retinal or facial scan or have your picture available in any other beneficial situation.

Otherwise, this is way too powerful for societies where cameras are on every street corner, filming your every move.
Fair enough. It was conceived of with a historical era in mind. And yes, in a modern society, this *should* cause complications.

vicky_molokh 02-01-2010 06:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket Man (Post 925728)
Fair enough. It was conceived of with a historical era in mind. And yes, in a modern society, this *should* cause complications.
I recall a thread where I asked about No Reflection vs. Invisibility to Machines (Mirrors). It's a pretty messy and GM-involving choice.

Daigoro 02-01-2010 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Molokh (Post 925833)
I recall a thread where I asked about No Reflection vs. Invisibility to Machines (Mirrors). It's a pretty messy and GM-involving choice.
As a perk it wouldn't be so much that photos can't be or haven't been taken of the character, just that there's no link between such photos and his identity. He can show up anonymously in crowd shots or security footage, but there's no high school yearbook entry for him or press photos with his name in a caption.

How about a similar Perk- Not on Google: Simple websearches on a character's name either give no hits at all, or a random mess of unrelated people with similar names.

I almost happen to have this- the only things I can find doing a vanity search are some posts I made to a Star Trek forum back in the days of dial-up BBS's, and some guy in Philadelphia who is a professional "business astrologer."

vicky_molokh 02-02-2010 01:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daigoro (Post 926305)
As a perk it wouldn't be so much that photos can't be or haven't been taken of the character, just that there's no link between such photos and his identity. He can show up anonymously in crowd shots or security footage, but there's no high school yearbook entry for him or press photos with his name in a caption.

How about a similar Perk- Not on Google: Simple websearches on a character's name either give no hits at all, or a random mess of unrelated people with similar names.

I almost happen to have this- the only things I can find doing a vanity search are some posts I made to a Star Trek forum back in the days of dial-up BBS's, and some guy in Philadelphia who is a professional "business astrologer."
I think that's no much of a Perk. Pretty much anyone who uses InContact instead of the more Western fora or the like is Not On Google, because Google doesn't index their pages, period.

davidtmoore 02-02-2010 04:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daigoro (Post 926305)
As a perk it wouldn't be so much that photos can't be or haven't been taken of the character, just that there's no link between such photos and his identity. He can show up anonymously in crowd shots or security footage, but there's no high school yearbook entry for him or press photos with his name in a caption.

How about a similar Perk- Not on Google: Simple websearches on a character's name either give no hits at all, or a random mess of unrelated people with similar names.

I almost happen to have this- the only things I can find doing a vanity search are some posts I made to a Star Trek forum back in the days of dial-up BBS's, and some guy in Philadelphia who is a professional "business astrologer."
I have a friend with the surname Lake; the first couple of hits on his name come up with geographical features.


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