09-04-2021, 09:32 PM | #1 |
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Demon from Between the Stars: what is "darkness"
For purposes of the Demon from Between the Stars' Chameleon ability, what is "darkness"? Presumably not restricted to total darkness, or their ability would be pointless. But are they really meant to seemingly vanish given even -1 in darkness penalties? Really wish the wording had been clearer.
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09-05-2021, 09:02 AM | #2 | |
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09-05-2021, 04:25 PM | #3 |
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Re: Demon from Between the Stars: what is "darkness"
Does Exploits say that explicitly, or are you just inferring that from the fact that light sources give -3 out to 3x the listed radius? For what it's worth I tried finding something like that in Exploits but could not, but maybe you're better at skimming than I am.
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09-05-2021, 04:57 PM | #4 | |
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09-05-2021, 05:52 PM | #6 |
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Re: Demon from Between the Stars: what is "darkness"
I was referring to that line, and yes, I found it cryptic too. My guess is that's an unstated rule "vision penalty -10 = invisible", so chameleon 5 means invisible if there's another -5 elsewhere, but it's certainly not stated anywhere.
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09-05-2021, 08:52 PM | #7 |
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Re: Demon from Between the Stars: what is "darkness"
Hmmm, maybe? Or maybe it's saying that things like Night Vision help counteract the Chameleon variant, because it's darkness-based? Rather confusing.
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09-06-2021, 01:10 PM | #8 |
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Re: Demon from Between the Stars: what is "darkness"
Not in anyway based on cannon, but I had a passing thought that some sneaky monsters like this might be able to double darkness penalties to detect them. It might make the mechanics easier, and tracks for -5 being totally invisible.
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