| From: | leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu leisnj48@****.cis.uwosh.edu |
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| Subject: | Improved Reflexes, Adepts, and truly inane questions. |
| Date: | Sun, 01 Aug 1999 23:17:44 -0600 (CST) |
> While going over the rules detailing the dangers of wired reflexes
> sans reflex trigger, it occurred to me that adepts don't exactly have
> anything to control their enhanced reflexes (i.e, an adept with
> improved reflexes + 2 has a +2 to reaction and +2d6 to initiative all
> the time). Does this make them any more or less controlled than a
> street sam with raw wires or not?
They're more controlled. Adepts channel magic through their body, so think
of their powers as internal Foci: They can turn them on/off at will. A
general rule of thumb would be that Adepts with powers that mimic
cyberware get the benefits without the drawbacks.
> On the physical adept power of hearing amplification: can a physical
> adept control how 'loud' things get like the volume control on a radio
> or are things always loud for him?
If you follow my above rule, I would say that Adepts can control it like a
volume, but if they don't say they're pumping up their range pick-up
(frequency or distance), then the powers aren't active.
> Right now I'm making an adept with
> hearing amplification, a select sound filter (5), high and
> low-frequency hearing, and a sound dampener, but I'm not exactly sure
> what the high/low-freq powers would do, nor do I think that sound
> dampening would be necessary, not if he can selectively block out
> certain background noises.
Low Frequency: Some whale communication is in this range. Drums are at the
low-end of the human hearing range. There are some notes on old organs
that go beyond the low end of the human range (side note: If that book I
read was telling the truth, there's a note on old organs that's too low
for humans to hear, but it causes irrational fear in the person that
hears it...GMs: HAVE FUN!).
High Frequency: Dog whistles.
Sound Dampening is useful if someone blows a trumpet right behind your ear
and you don't want to go deaf. The dampening is different than Select
Sound Filter. Dampening is Flare Comp for sound, basically.
...Although, wouldn't the air waves (which is what sound is) still hurt
your eardrums? There's our next question: How do Sound Dampeners work? Do
they deaden the air waves, or block the electronic impulses to your brain?
-Jared Leisner
