unless Notice is needed to separate the commander's emotions from all the empathic noise in the vicinity...? O_o
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... anybody he's sensing in the immediate area is either going to be confused as all hell (those just released from the pods), scared, stress and frightened or in pain and dying. How do differentiate the commander from the background noise of everyone else's emotions?
So, yes. When several people are screaming and shouting and crying all at once, how do you pinpoint one voice in the crowd?
The roll is Notice.
The Empathy Skill is not the Same as the Psionic Ability we've been calling Empathy. Thats a disconnect I shoulda noted earlier. Sorry. You're not sensing a change in the commander's emotion. That requires having sensed his prior emotion. You're sensing whether he's
present in the situation. That's Notice.
Take Zero
Take Zero isn't an option in the books, so far as I recall. But it seems an appropriate rules adjustment for a text-based forum. Anything we can do to help streamline the process is a good thing. Of course, if there's any problem with it, I'd love to hear your opinions.
It's cribbed from Mutants and Masterminds "Take 10" in the d20 systems.
How Much Do You Remember
I wanted a blank slate. If you want to remember your name and various other tidbits, that's fine. The more you define the less I will. And the less I define, the less fate points I hand out for foisting them upon you (Per the regular accept/decline discussions, of course).
Ooo! I didn't even know about the Take Zero option. Is it worth rolling in hopes of Succeeding with Style, or is it better to just take the sure thing? :o
That's your call to make. This is the very first opening scene. There's is going to be some railroading here.
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