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 Mar 7 2011, 08:51 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 2-September 08 Member No.: 16,303  |
Just a quickie:
Can a character using astral perception tell if another character (within LOS) is also astrally perceiving, given that the act of doing so causes one to become dual-natured for the duration? Is this an obvious thing, or would it require an assensing test? If so, what threshold would be appropriate? |
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Mar 7 2011, 08:57 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
I'd think its pretty obvious. Unsure though.
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Mar 7 2011, 09:05 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Yes, it's obvious. It's not immediately obvious, but it's only difficulty 1 on an assensing test. I.E. if you move by someone astrally perceiving at "Fast speed" you will not automatically know they are perceiving. If you don't have enough dice to buy 1 hit on an assensing test, you probably shouldn't be astrally perceiving anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
But it's a difficulty on par with "Is he wearing pants?" using real-world visual perception. |
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Mar 7 2011, 10:08 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Unless they're using Masking, in which case I'd probably set the difficulty to be "Is he wearing underwear?" using real-world visual perception. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
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Mar 7 2011, 10:11 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Well, to be fair, masking is explicitly a disguise. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) So even if he's not wearing pants, he's painted his legs to make it look like he is.
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Mar 7 2011, 10:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 113 Joined: 2-September 08 Member No.: 16,303 |
Wound penalties, distractions, drugs, background count, various and et cetera. Thanks!
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Mar 7 2011, 10:52 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
During a Con, I ran a demo where the Mage in the group was trying to find an adept that had used a grenade launcher as a mortar against the facility they were defending.
He escaped through a Rave, and the background emotions made the mage lose sight of the guy... And come back to his body with the mother of all stiffies. The Player was quite the experienced Shadowrun Player and complimented me on the tactic. |
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