Reply To: Marseilles Madness OOC

  • bakuinvestigations

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    September 1, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    “@Baku I need to edit the last OOC post. ”
    –Okay, I’ll check back to see if anything changes enough to warrant reconsideration. For now I’ll continue with what I was going to say.

    “LOL Once in a while, the people you meet will be completely normal.”
    –Naturally. My pressing for her Awakened status had little to do with expecting her to be Awakened, and more to do with what Astral Bouncer inquiries were fitting. For example, one of the things that can be detected is an Adept Power. It would be useless to ask about that if she didn’t appear as an Adept. 😉

    Now, as to what Baku will be looking for with Astral Bouncer:
    ((Published rules: Forbidden Arcana pg. 32:
    A character with this quality has astral sight that is so keen that they’ve developed new ways of sizing up everyone they meet. Along with the normal results, every two net hits on an Assensing skill test can also be used to reveal one of the following about a living being: all positive qualities, all negative qualities, physical attribute ratings, mental attribute ratings, initiate grade, an initiate power, an adept power, or Edge rating.))

    I’m going to go with
    -all positive qualities*
    -all negative qualities*

    *Having said that, since it is how it is written, I am one of those that feels the ability is a little too cheesy. This will require some heavy adjudicating from you (I know you can handle it). Some things should be plain and visible – if not listed by name precisely. Things like Astral Beacon (duh), and Spirit Whisperer, or Spirit Bane. Those obviously have some effect on the aura. Other things should show up, but not in any specific manner. Things like Allergy, Addiction, and Code of Honor. While Baku should be able to read the presence of such things, the precise details should elude him unless he has studied the aura of someone he knows to have the specific quality. Some things should be visible, but completely vague. Things like Big Regret, Wanted, Dependent, and In Debt can all show signs of wear on the aura, but nothing specific should be discernible by Baku. Maybe something like “the target suffered a shock to their aura within the last year, or last five years, or a decade plus.” That kind of stuff. Finally, some things should just not be readable, at least directly. Things like Black Market Pipeline, Friends in High Places, Aptitude, or Exceptional Attribute just have no real basis (that I can imagine) showing up on an aura.
    On the other hand, should you rather just hand over a list of qualities, I won’t complain. 😀

    For the IC post I made last, Baku will simply buy 2 hits on Assensing. This will make more sense after reading the post. I could get cheesy and claim that every few seconds or so he will buy two hits and that entitles him to another query by Astral Bouncer, but that is not who I am. I will however, request that at some point, one of those 2 hit “rolls” allows him to know her Mental Attributes. Should she become a regular in his life, he will eventually learn everything he can about her. But for now, her mind intrigues him most. :p