jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) wrote:
In article <1582322172.bystand@zzo38computer.org>, news@zzo38computer.org.invalid () wrote:
How to define a psychic power that enables attack and defense
against a sapient being that you are unaware of them as though
as you are aware (but with normal penalties for being unable
to perceive them), with extra penalties for range and Mind Shield?
What sorts of attacks and defences? Physical? Psionic? Something else? Wouldn't it be easier to create a power to detect them?
Physical attacks and defenses. It might be easier to create a power to
detect them, except, I don't want it to detect them, and want it to work immediately, rather than being an active use. (If they do not attack me,
or I do not try to attack them, I have no idea there is anyone there, or
even if I do, don't know if they are hostile, so this does less than a
normal detection power, but is also better in that it works automatically.)
For example, if someone attacks me by surprise, and they have Mind Shield
1, I may still attempt to dodge, block, or parry at -5 (the usual -4, and
an additional -1 for Mind Shield). This means that I can defend as though
I am aware that I am being attacked, even though I am not. Of course, once
they actually do so, then that makes me aware, so further defenses are -4
only and not -5. If they instead secretly attack with an arrow, then there
are further penalties, due to range.
I can alter the above if something else ends up making more sense. It is
just my idea for now.
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