Psychic Signatures

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by Celti

The ability to generate a bolt of lightning is a power in its own right. If it's going to be that blatantly obvious at a distance, up close it's going to be devastating to anyone nearby, and therefore costs points — it's not a limitation.

I'm not talking about a real bolt of lighting. It won't cause damage, not even blinding. I'm talking about something (with the noticeability of a lightning bolt complete with thunder) that will be noticed for miles around. If your ability had a really high signature, such that it gave a +18 bonus to be noticed, then people 100 yards away (who suffer a -10 penalty to Sense rolls) will be rolling at +8, and people 5 miles away will be rolling at only -4 (compared to the -22 penalty that basically makes it impossible normally). To me that's worth -45% (-5% per +2 to detect), because everyone who can notice will notice for miles around, and can then act against you or against what you've just done with your power. The number of people that can notice will be growing I think geometrically as the "range" of the signature increases (the bonus to others' Sense rolls increases).