[Psionic Powers] Telecommunication Universal Enhancement Question

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Captain Joy

Okay, I'm waffling. How does the forum community feel about this argument?

I have Telecommunication-Telesend and Mind Reading with the Telecommunications Limitation. I use Long Distance Modifiers when trying to transmit my thoughts at range with additional penalties if I can't see them because that's the way Telecommunication-Telesend works [B91]. Normally, I must touch or be able to see my subject for Mind Reading to work [B69]; but with the Telecommunications Limitation, it "only work on those I'm presently in contact with via Telecommunication" [B70]. My question is this: must I still touch or be able to see my subject in order to read their mind?

If you are using telecommunication on them you are considered to be touching them.

If you agree with the above, then aren't you conceding that Mind Meld with the Telecommunications Limitation is basically working *through* Telecommunications?

I consider that to be irrelevant. I don't want to make it so that someone with the ability to read minds and ignore language barriers while doing so, automatically will have the ability to broadcast understandable to non-telepaths without even knowing what their language is, even to multiple non-telepaths without a language in common just because that will be so much cheaper. Telecommunication does not receive and therefore has nothing to translate coming from the other end. It's only used to touch the people you want to mind-read.