Undead Senses

[Dr Archeville]

In the HERO System Bestiary, some of the Undead critters (notably the Ghost, Mummy, Skeleton and Zombie) have the power Undead Senses: +4 PER with all Sense Groups [12 Active]; Only to Perceive Images Created By Means Other Than Necromancy (-1) [6 Real].

 

There's been some confusion in my gaming group as to just how this would work. Could you pleasy clarify just what the power does?

[Steve Long]

Re: Undead Senses

 

Well, it's a bonus to perceive the use of images created with the Power Images, since the undead are notoriously not susceptible to typical magical illusions -- IOW, it's harder to fool the undead with Images, because they can "see through" the illusions much more easily than people can. However, they're fully susceptible to Images created with necromancy, so the bonus doesn't apply against such Images.