gewing Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 How would anyone else make this? The best version, imo, would be audible to others. I don't think area effect or visible are the way to go, but usable by others???? A presence aid might part of it, only versus those who can hear the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? An interesting idea for the SFX, but depending on how it was written up, a cruel GM could use it against you. If the music is heard by anyone in danger in your vicinity, it could be heard by that VIPER agent you were about to attack from surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? If the idea is to let others be aware of when there is danger, I think: 1. weird, but I kinda like it 2. you are going to have some difficulties in 'defining' who the danger is to 3. not sure if it is really danger sense as you are unlikely to be able to swing 'targetting' in there anywhere On one hand you could have a simple images triggered by your own danger senses. This has two problems I can see: 1. if you are trying to sneak up on someone and are about to leap into combat, you will be in danger: playing the theme music is going to be a dead giveaway... 2. all it is going to tell others is that YOU are in danger So, to actually make it work 'properly' then I think you need Useable On Others (simultaneously). For a few others then just take the appropriate modifier plus ranged unless you want to have to touch them to confer the ability. The 'hearing theme music' bit would just be sfx, and may only be obvious to the person for whom danger sense is working. As for the PRE aid: if the character has realised they are in danger then the danger is not going to get any bonus to the PRE attack tehy are about to make for surprise. Mind you if that is all you want to do then it might be that danger sense is not really what you are after int he first place. Job one is to deceide what you actually want the effects to be, I suppose. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I might well just call it Danger Sense linked to Images (sound)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I did this once ...but its hard on the GM to constantly come up with cool tunes for your sense.....the one time I used it it also let me hear threatening "mood" music as well as other sound effects....so if I reach for a booby trapped door I could here the Baah buh Baah buh music and back away till the music faded into basic background music......but I never considered having other's hear it....buy Transmit on D-sense, add in vague...what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I did this once ...but its hard on the GM to constantly come up with cool tunes for your sense.....the one time I used it it also let me hear threatening "mood" music as well as other sound effects....so if I reach for a booby trapped door I could here the Baah buh Baah buh music and back away till the music faded into basic background music......but I never considered having other's hear it....buy Transmit on D-sense' date=' add in vague...what else?[/quote'] Transmit is an excellent way of sharing: well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummibear Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? But are we going to give the opponents danger sense only usable vs that character since hes so noisy? Sounds like fun. I think DS linked to Images(sound) works best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I once gave a troll Danger Sense, Visible - he was very hairy (think Cousin It) and when he sensed danger, all his hair stood on end. Lucius Alexander Detect Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummibear Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? "Theme music. Every hero's got some." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? "Theme music. Every hero's got some." Nah... ghost doesn't The idea of hearing the Music Score for your Danger Sense is neat-o. That deserves rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Nah... ghost doesn't The idea of hearing the Music Score for your Danger Sense is neat-o. That deserves rep. I can think of lots of fun role playing you could do with the theme music if it was audible. Unless you put a pretty Good presence aid in it, Seduction rolls are going to be pretty damned obvious when Barry White starts singing... or whatever you prefer, Fem2fem, whatever. Hmm, "PUsh it" might be even funnier if the target hated hip hop and rap... Fight music could be great fun, depending on the character, I have been intriqued by a melee fight where the major strikes are in time to the beat of a driving Celtic tune... A gunfight where the shots are to the rhythm of a heavy metal tune... Imagine the fun when everyone around hears something like Iron Maiden, a tune appropriate to the situation, and the character just Groans and puts his head in his hands. He HATES HARD ROCK! SOme things might need to be retroactively applied, so that the tune climaxes at the right time... Even the fact that you can't be stealthy COULD be fun. Imagine the team sneaks into the enemy base, but the brick, whose theme music would give them away, is waiting to crash in "when" they are spotted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Being Hero there has to be more than one basic approach, and, chaps, there is: Brian. Brian is a follower, perhaps not in the 'I paid points for him' sense, more in the 'physical limtation' sense. Brian follows you. He has an excellent perception roll and a mouth organ, which appears to be his sole means of communication. If you feel the need, Brian can be a ghost, capable of desolidification and maybe invisibility too, but I am sure an inventive GM could make it work if Brian was just a hobo with OCD..... .....and that's why I love the blues..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? ::gets flashbacks to Loaded Weapon 1:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiree Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I can even see someone with a Video-Game Motif. Where danger is afoot, the music queue's - a Joystick, and two buttons appear and tells you what you must do - but timing is everything. - What was it, Dragon Lair that did that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? And then there was Disco Dan the cyberpath, who, rather unfortunately tended to cause any machine with a speaker that he was controlling to play disco music. We're not sure why, given that he was not especially a disco fan, but it was kind of worth it to see a wave of attacking robots suddenly segue into the hustle... (disclaimer: this was not my character - not my fault!) More on topic, it might be more subtle to limit something like this to venues where music might already be playing (malls, elevators, bars, streets where you hear the music from passing cars...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummibear Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Nah... ghost doesn't The idea of hearing the Music Score for your Danger Sense is neat-o. That deserves rep. I could have Sean use some telepathy to project the Demon's Tabernacle Choir singing "You go to my Head" Might kind of blow that whole sneaky invisible thing thoough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Let us pray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Let us pray Wrong Sean but ... you're stuck too close to my thought process as it is... back off ya limey Brit!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I love you guys. No, really. A friend of mine mentioned this at one point; if he could have any one superpower, it would be to hear the background music, so he'd know, as it got low and menacing, where the killer was lurking, or whatever. I mentioned it as an offhand remark in a thread about horror tropes, and here it is, being built and statted and discussed and everything. You guys are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? So, if you get your hearing sense flashed, or if you're in a setting that's too noisy to hear the music, you can't use your danger sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? So' date=' if you get your hearing sense flashed, or if you're in a setting that's too noisy to hear the music, you can't use your danger sense?[/quote'] If you define the Dange Sense as part of the Hearing Group - then yes. Otherwise your not Hearing it with your ears - You're hearing it without your subconcious mind, it's only in your head as it were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Anyway,even if you can't hear the music, you'll probably notice the brass section aking all the appropriate instrument playing movements...er... Oh, and Alice: we exist to please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I always said I needed a Timpony player to follow me around and provide a soundtrack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? Anyway,even if you can't hear the music, you'll probably notice the brass section aking all the appropriate instrument playing movements...er... Oh, and Alice: we exist to please I've gathered. It still tickles me. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummibear Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Re: Danger sense as "hears theme music"? I always said I needed a Timpony player to follow me around and provide a soundtrack... I have you more as an with an industrial beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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