Change environment question

[Toadmaster]

When Change environment has a penalty to perception is this per hex or just for being in the area. It would make sense to me that looking at a target through 4" of -3 PER pea soup fog would result in a -12 to PER since there is more thick fog in the way and this would greatly reduce ones range of vision (just like real fog). However I can not find anything in the description to support or dispute this.

Thanks

[Steve Long]

It’s just the one penalty, for being in the area — -3, in this case. The penalties do not “stack” from hex to hex. If you want that sort of effect, I’d suggest buying the PER Roll penalty up as high as you think it should be in the center, then applying Explosion as a Limitation rather than an Advantage (the further from center you get, the less the penalty that applies).