[Space] Creating Synthesist characters

Daigoro · 11-25-2015, 01:01 PM

It's almost my favourite limitation, as I mention it in any thread of this nature, but Hypersensory from Psychometry (Powers p69) on the Intuition or Oracle would be a good build. It basically means that you're limited to results that could be explained from mundane information channels, instead of something psychic or supernatural.

AOTA · 11-25-2015, 02:47 PM

Would this be something like the Mentats from Dune?

Fred Brackin · 11-25-2015, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AOTA

Would this be something like the Mentats from Dune?

Not quite. Mentats in Dune have minds like computers (which are forbidden in the setting).So the big items are Photograhic Memory and Intuitive Mathematician. Possibly even the Enhanced Time Sense variant from Powers: Enhanced Senses.

Flyndaran · 11-25-2015, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

Not quite. Mentats in Dune have minds like computers (which are forbidden in the setting).So the big items are Photograhic Memory and Intuitive Mathematician. Possibly even the Enhanced Time Sense variant from Powers: Enhanced Senses.

This still sounds like using humans for what we design computers for now; correlating and cross referencing vast quantities of data.

acrosome · 11-25-2015, 10:36 PM

Seems like one hell of an opportunity for half a dozen Dabbler perks, too.

Johnny1A.2 · 11-25-2015, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

Not quite. Mentats in Dune have minds like computers (which are forbidden in the setting).So the big items are Photograhic Memory and Intuitive Mathematician. Possibly even the Enhanced Time Sense variant from Powers: Enhanced Senses.

True, but the high-end, senior Mentats use their abilities along the same lines as a synthesis, though restricted by certain logical rules inherently incorporated into their training. The Bene Gesserits do this even more, in a more general way, as well.

Daigoro · 11-26-2015, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Celti

That's what Oracle (Digital) already is. See Powers, p. 65.

True enough. Although that's a single Advantage with a specified usage- using the Limitation lets you modify other Advantages.

Celti · 11-25-2015, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Daigoro

It's almost my favourite limitation, as I mention it in any thread of this nature, but Hypersensory from Psychometry (Powers p69) on the Intuition or Oracle would be a good build. It basically means that you're limited to results that could be explained from mundane information channels, instead of something psychic or supernatural.

That's what Oracle (Digital) already is. See Powers, p. 65.

11-25-2015, 01:01 PM	#1
Daigoro Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Meifumado	Re: [Space] Creating Synthesist characters It's almost my favourite limitation, as I mention it in any thread of this nature, but Hypersensory from Psychometry (Powers p69) on the Intuition or Oracle would be a good build. It basically means that you're limited to results that could be explained from mundane information channels, instead of something psychic or supernatural. __________________ Collaborative Settings: Cyberpunk: Duopoly Nation Space Opera: Behind the King's Eclipse And heaps of forum collabs, 30+ and counting!

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acrosome Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Land of Enchantment	Re: [Space] Creating Synthesist characters Seems like one hell of an opportunity for half a dozen Dabbler perks, too.