Magnify Senses: how long does it last?

[Naaman]

I'm not sure it should work like that. If that were the case, the higher any character's perception, the more susceptible to flashbangs and sonic attacks... I'm just not convinced that a character with 2D perception would be more resilient against such an attack than a character with 4D or 5D naturally.

In fact, I would think that a higher perception score would give you more defense against such an attack since your senses are more able to differentiate stimuli (if flashbangs impose a perception penalty, a higher perception leaves you with more dice to roll).

[CRMcNeill]

The distinction that was made (which I agree with) was that Control is about using the Force to exercise control over one's own body, while Sense was used to allow the Jedi to be aware of what is going outside of himself. Because Magnify Senses is a Sense power, and not a Control one, the input was assumed to come from the Force, not the Jedi's physical senses. If Magnify Senses had been a Control power, on the other hand, the Jedi would be using the Force to enhance his own physical senses, and therefore would be more vulnerable to sensory-based attacks.

In fact, treating Magnify Senses in this fashion is safer for the Jedi, as the Force also provides a sensory cutout (or an Auto-Sense in WH40K terms) that protects the Jedi from harmful sensory input.
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The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[Esoomian]

This is the thread here.

It's in the house rules section.
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[CRMcNeill]

[Bren]

[Bren]

[Fallon Kell]

[Bren]

[garhkal]

[Bren]

To be fair, crmcneil didn't start this thread. But he does like defined dice adds rather than undefined or subjective benefits. But that's one thing you and he have in common, I think.

Personally I don't use the bonuses for macrobinoculars. I also don't generally use range bonuses and penalties for the search skill. So I basically treat vision enhancements and such as allowing you to see things you couldn't otherwise. If I used penalties to search I would probably just remove penalty dice for using macrobinoculars rather than adding a bonus to the search skill.

If you want dice bonuses, I would just use the bonuses for macrobinoculars for vision and something similar for the other senses.

[CRMcNeill]

[Naaman]

[garhkal]

I see it as amplifying what you can hear, not making it so you can't get surprised.
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[Bren]

The way we have used it, was a force equivalent to a piece of equipment. Sort of like the enhanced senses of Superman or the Six Million Dollar Man/Woman. Those enhancements don't generally prevent surprise.

It didn't give any bonuses towards not being surprised, that's what danger sense is for after all, it just let the Jedi perceive things that normal beings could not perceive.

Enhance vision - macrobinoculars or maybe magnifying glass/microscope
Enhance hearing - like a big ear listening device
Enhanced smell - I don't think we've used that, but it would be the olfactory equivalent of a macrobinoculars
Enhanced taste - might be useful for detecting trace flavors in food or drink; with practice one might be able to detect poison or drugs I suppose
Enhanced touch - haven't used this either, but as an analogy a friend of mine who reads Braille can differentiate the dots much more readily than my untrained fingers can, enhanced touch would let the Jedi detect very small differences in texture, temperature, etc.

[garhkal]

I actually could see it helping you out (enhanced hearing) avoiding being surprised (better perception of enemy) but not outright stop it happening..
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