Thought Transference - Consular - Force Power

  

Thought Transference (Force Power)

◊Descriptors – the Force, mental, telepathy
◊Effect – Communication 3 and Mind Reading • 6 points + 1 points per rank

Telepathy (Mental Communication 3 limited to one subject and Mind Reading)

◊Modifiers – activation: -2 flat points, check required: -1 flat point, limited: -1/rank (Communication); sense dependent: -1/rank (Mind Reading)

◊Action – standard

◊Range – perception up to range determined by check result

◊Duration – sustained

◊Results – you can communicate telepathically with one in range and you can search their thoughts for specific information

◊Resist – Will

Description

You can project and receive thoughts to and from one subject in range. Connecting with the subject (or determining that they are out of range) requires that you succeed a Perception check as a standard action. You must have some prior familiarity with the subject or be able to perceive them with an accurate sense (vision or touch unless you have enhanced senses). The check result -10 determines the range of your communication effect (up to rank 3). Your mental dialogue is language-dependent; you must share a language with the subject in order to understand one another. The subject can ignore your attempts to communicate if they wish.

Once you have established a connection with the subject, you can attempt to probe their mind for specific thoughts. Make an opposed effect check against the subject’s Will check as a standard action. The degree of success determines the depth of your probe (see Mind Reading). With two or more degrees of failure, any renewed attempt in the same scene requires extra effort (see Extra Effort). If you desire a greater degree of contact, you must take another standard action and make a new opposed check.

TThe subject can waive their will check if they want you to receive their thoughts and you do not need to share a language with the subject to understand them; the mind reading effect of Thought Transference is not language dependent. An unwilling subject can end your probe at will (as a free action) by refusing your communication link. If for some reason they choose to keep the link active but do not allow you to receive their thoughts, the subject gets a new Will check (DC 10 + your Mind Reading effect rank) at the end of each turn to end the probe.

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