Detect and Ranged Attacks

Aldric · 02-25-2021, 10:08 AM

I'm not sure I'd want to use Detect to launch any kind of ranged attack. Sure, it seems that Detect, with (Reduced Time and Precise) can be used to Aim at a target and attack it (Aim does see you need to be able to see or detect your target)
But say you can detect Purple Blobs, and know there is one 200y in front of you, but otherwise can't see it because it's pitch black.
How do you know there are no people in the line of fire ? Or a building ?

Also, despite the Precise modifier, it seems that, if your IQ roll to analyze the target fails or is not high enough, you can't really be sure of the size and shape of what you're detecting, so shooting it may be unwise, or much harder.

02-25-2021, 10:08 AM	#17
Aldric Join Date: Nov 2015	Re: Detect and Ranged Attacks I'm not sure I'd want to use Detect to launch any kind of ranged attack. Sure, it seems that Detect, with (Reduced Time and Precise) can be used to Aim at a target and attack it (Aim does see you need to be able to see or detect your target) But say you can detect Purple Blobs, and know there is one 200y in front of you, but otherwise can't see it because it's pitch black. How do you know there are no people in the line of fire ? Or a building ? Also, despite the Precise modifier, it seems that, if your IQ roll to analyze the target fails or is not high enough, you can't really be sure of the size and shape of what you're detecting, so shooting it may be unwise, or much harder.