07-28-2013, 05:58 PM | #1 |
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[MH] Psionics and other questions
A couple questions for you all!
1. If a guy wants to use telekinesis to choke a normal person, does that person have any possible defense? It seems unfair that a guy can just sit back and choke you out in a diner with no defense and no indicator of who's doing it. It's essentially a free attack with No Defense and No Signature! 2. Is there any penalty to constantly mind-wiping a person? In one case, a player was mind-wiping a guard when they were spotted, then mind-wiping him again as soon as he was seen again (only a couple seconds later), and then continued doing this so that the guard was never remembering what had just happenned. Keep in mind, there is no FP cost to this. 3. Can mind-reading be used on animals? I'm currently ruling it as working at a penalty and then requiring an animal handling roll to interpret. Is this even close to the intent? 4. Another player is a Weretiger with Karate at DX+1. Does the bonus from Karate apply to his claws in animal form? While this doesn't make a ton of sense (he's not a character from Kung-fu Panda), the template doesn't offer any other skill to actually use his claws and I can reason that since his character is not a normal tiger, he uses his claws in ways unique from normal tigers (I might let another person familiar with big cats percieve the difference). |
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"Roll Acting." "Uh, 12." "He smiles and starts walking over. You see fangs." If you go around murdering random people you are, at best, squandering a significant amount of power and eventually people will start hunting you. Rogue psis are dangerous precisely because they do things like that. A victim can also just move out of your range or have a friend shoot you. Quote:
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07-28-2013, 06:57 PM | #4 |
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07-28-2013, 09:39 PM | #5 |
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Re: [MH] Psionics and other questions
Okay, this all makes sense in that the Hunters are supposed to be very powerful. I guess I'm having problems adjusting to the stage my game has come to. So a Psi could do it, but he should make sure it is justified...
I've been letting him continuously wipe people for a while, but I told him that I think it's too powerful as we're using it and that it would get more difficult to wipe someone again in a short period (I didn't tell him specifics, but the vague warning has changed his use of it for the better). Regarding the reading of animal minds, it makes sense that it would not be understandable to him, but is there a skill that represents coming to understand it through practice? As for the claws and karate: My player hasn't discovered that he may be entitled to a damage bonus (since he's only 9) and I discovered it after updating his character. I think he'll be quite pleased when his 5d cut claws become 5d+10 cut claws... Thank you all! |
07-28-2013, 11:42 PM | #6 | |
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That's be Animal Handling I think. Or even let him buy Animal Empathy as a extension to Mind-Reading. He got so good at reading animal minds he developed a reactive use of his psi ability.
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07-29-2013, 01:51 AM | #7 | |
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Vulture: "That looks... Alive. That looks... Alive. That looks... Alive. Oh, Birds are circling over there. Looks like food. That looks... tasty" Cow: "Food.... Food.... Food.... Movement--Thats just a farmer. No threat. Food..." If you search a squirrels mind for creatures passing by you may not get images or even types, just sizes and numbers. If you read a dog's mind you may be able to find out whether or not his master is home, and whether or not the master reads the paper, but not which paper he reads.
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07-29-2013, 09:57 AM | #8 |
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Re: [MH] Psionics and other questions
I thought that any use of tk like a grapple allowed the target a chance to brake free . For example if you tried to lift him into the air he could take any of the actions in the "after being grappled" box. I'm pretty sure I read that in one of the rule books but I don't remember which one. I'd love to be wrong on this, by the way.
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07-29-2013, 10:22 AM | #9 | |
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Essentially to get Swing Damage you need to use a weapon which allows you better leverage on your swings beyond what you can do with your unarmed attacks. |
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07-29-2013, 10:36 AM | #10 |
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Of course, 3d+6 is awfully close to 5d...
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