bryanb Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 I've got a MI question that I hope Herodom assembled will be able to help me with: Set scenario = Heroes fighting giant lizard creature Mentalist creates an illusion that a Gunship flies through the city and shoots the creature in the eye, effectively blinding it - how would you handle this? To me it simulates a flash with an extended time advantage -calculated by the AP on the MI dice rolled? Does the "Does STUN" and/or "Does BODY" adder need to be applied? If this is the case can MI simulate any power? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Since the lizard probably doesn't know what a Gunship is, nothing much would happen. =) j/k Technically, you'd use a Major Transform for permanent blinding instead of Flash. Though, since it's an illusion, I probably wouldn't worry about mapping all that out to the FX. I'd just have the critter think it's blinded if the illusion works. (Provided it can think that well...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 According to The Ultimate Mentalist (p. 36), if you want a Mental Illusion attack to do some type of damage other than Stun and Body (e.g. Flash or Entangle), you need to roll +20 effect vs Ego in addition to any other appropriate modifiers. A Constant effect like Entangle would require the illusionist to continue paying END to maintain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morsamare Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Re: Mental Illusions.... Sorry about the necro, but for this it seems like it's simply a major change of setting (+20 effect) the entire world to black. Don't really need to do more than that, the jet and such is just the means used to help suspend disbelief about the action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Re: Mental Illusions.... I agree with Morsamare. The illusion is really about being blinded which would be a +20 effect, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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