12-27-2022, 07:26 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Blind Fighting in a vacuum
B180 mentions you normally add Acute Hearing to this sense-based skill, but that there is a -7 penalty if you cannot hear at all.
Would it be reasonable to assume in situation where you can't possible hear an enemy (like fighting them in space) that you would only take the -7 penalty but not apply Acute Hearing bonuses? It mentions "mainly hearing, but also touch and even smell" although I can't find any precedent for adding any bonuses from those w/ enhanced touch or smell, is that just fluff which has no impact? Space combat would also seem like a situation which prevents smelling an opponent (ie you're in a spacesuit) and where there's no sense-of-touch feedback (you're not grappling with them, there's no air or sound vibrations to prickle your skin) so it makes me wonder if even a -7 roll should be allowed. The actual crunch is it lets you add the better of ESP or Telepathy talents (ie this is a skill which benefits from having psionic powers) so presumably this would be the basis of being able to roll in space. But having such a talent isn't a prerequisite for the skill, so should we assume that learning this skill actually gives you some form of latent psychic ability to roll in space combat? The skill can normally be resisted by a Stealth-4 roll but B222 describes it as being able to move silently... Would being able to move quietly be of any benefit in resisting a skill not dependent on hearing? It sounds like maybe if you roll at -7 penalty (can't hear anything) that there shouldn't be an ability to resist it with Stealth at all. Instead maybe it should be resisted with some kind of telepathic mind block. |
12-27-2022, 09:27 AM | #2 | ||||
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Re: Blind Fighting in a vacuum
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*In settings where mystical forces - magic, psionics, etc - exist, I feel it's appropriate for mundane stealth to at least partially work against them, giving stealthy characters a touch of the mystical as well.
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