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Message no. 1
From: Edward Paul <doyle@******.edu>
Subject: Sense Questions
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 08:23:25 -1000
It's obvious that PhysAds can get vision magnification and
olfactory booster equivalent powers, but at what level?

Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...

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Edward Paul University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Message no. 2
From: dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject: Re: Sense Questions
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 14:50:04 -0600 (MDT)
Edward Paul wrote:
|
| Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
|terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...

Off hand I would say take a gander at the perception modifiers table (full
darkness, fog, smoke, etc), and make a judgement as to how the critters
senses compare. Is it completely blind, partially blind, a little off,
etc. Then assign an appropriate modifier when it's making a perception
test based on that sense.

-David

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Message no. 3
From: Peter Leitch <pleitch_hpcs@*******.com.au>
Subject: Re: Sense Questions
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 19:24:43 +1000
At 08:23 8/10/96 -1000, Edward Paul wrote:
>
> It's obvious that PhysAds can get vision magnification and
>olfactory booster equivalent powers, but at what level?
>
> Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
>terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...

Hmmm...A quick thought off the top of my head [ which will probably turn
to drek on me :-) ] is that you could increase or reduce the number of
Perception dice the character or critter gets. This has a direct effect on
the number of successes the [insert specific being] gets.

Is that worth two cents?

PML

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Peter Leitch
<pleitch_hpcs@*******.com.au>
Canberra, Australia
Message no. 4
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: Sense Questions
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 13:09:28 +0100
Edward Paul said on 8:23/ 8 Oct 96...

> It's obvious that PhysAds can get vision magnification and
> olfactory booster equivalent powers, but at what level?

Eevry time you buy the power, you add a level -- getting vision mag level
3 requires .75 Magic Points, for example.

> Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
> terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...

I don't think there are any. Critters have two Intelligence ratings, one
for general problem solving, and the other (the highest) for their best
sense. Maybe halve its number of dice (either the lowest or the highest
number, as you see fit) for the reduced senses?

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Message no. 5
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Sense Questions
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:41:41 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Peter Leitch wrote:

> At 08:23 8/10/96 -1000, Edward Paul wrote:

> > Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
> >terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...
>
> Hmmm...A quick thought off the top of my head [ which will probably turn
> to drek on me :-) ] is that you could increase or reduce the number of
> Perception dice the character or critter gets. This has a direct effect on
> the number of successes the [insert specific being] gets.

Actually, that is exactly the way it works. It is stated
*somewhere* (though I don't recall where off the top of my head, maybe
the basic rulebook, maybe PAoNA) that "Enhanced Sense" gives the
creature/person up to half again as many Perception dice when making
perception tests using that sense. Similarly, "Reduced Senses" gives a
creature only half as many perception dice when using that sense.

Marc
Message no. 6
From: "Loki" <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: Sense Questions
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 00:33:15 -0700
> Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
> terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...

This is hauntingly akin to my @>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Poisoned Elves
http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
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first question on the list in regards to dual-natured beings and physical
senses (thermo, lowlight, blind, reduce sight, etc). Isn't it? :o)
Message no. 7
From: "Loki" <loki@*******.com>
Subject: Re: Sense Questions
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 00:40:53 -0700
> Edward Paul wrote:
> |
> | Also, if a critter has reduced senses, what does that mean in game
> |terms? I couldn't find any penalties listed...
>
> Off hand I would say take a gander at the perception modifiers table
(full
> darkness, fog, smoke, etc), and make a judgement as to how the critters
> senses compare. Is it completely blind, partially blind, a little off,
> etc. Then assign an appropriate modifier when it's making a perception
> test based on that sense.

'Course if they're dual-planer (like a blind ghoul) the visibility modifer
doesn't really apply unless say they were to try to rad a news fax or
identify the color of the car in a drive-by...

@>-,--'--- Loki

CLARKE'S THIRD LAW:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Poisoned Elves
http://www.netzone.com/~loki/
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