New Mechanic: Sense Affecting Power

[schir1964]

Sense Affecting Power [Costs END,Ranged] (Concept By Sean Waters)

This power inhibits the targets ability to perceive by obscuring or obfuscation. Targets must make perception rolls while affected. Power affects a single target by default.

 

Cost

Single Non-Targeting Sense: +3 Points

Single Targeting Sense: +5 Points

Non-Targeting Sense Group: +5 Points

Targeting Sense Group: +10 Points

 

Modifiers

 

Adders

Area Effect (1 Hex): +5 Points (+5 Per Radius Doubling)

Change Appearance: +5 Points (Images Complexity Modifier Apply)

Block Sense: +10 Points (Sense is completely blocked)

Extended Effect (Instant): +3 Points Per 1d6 Phases (Flash Defense Applies)

Extended Effect (Constant): 10 Points +3 Points Per 1d6 Phases (Flash Defense Applies, Effect continues after switched off for BODY Rolled in Phases)

Obfuscate (Self Only): +10 Points (Perception roll to see through disguise. Combined with Opaque can create Camouflage/Invisiblity effect)

Perception Penalty: +3 Points Per -1 Perception

Fine Control: +10 Points (Character can use any mix of adders with each use)

 

For easy reference and discussion.

 

- Christopher Mullins

[Sean Waters]

Re: New Mechanic: Sense Affecting Power

 

I love it and think it ought to be adopted immediately

 

I think there is a lot of overlap between sense affecting powers and an approach like this might well make the whole thing easier to perceive. OTOH not everyone appraciates the reductionist approach, and it does mean you can get invisibility, images, darkness and flash for a lot less than if you had to buy them indicvidually, even if you could use an EC. In fact I suppose this is a kind of specialised framework for sense powers. If so perhaps it should be treated as a framework....but that would cause problems if someone wanted a flash slot in a MP.....have to think on that one.