Animal Empathy
Attribute: Empathy
Animal Empathy is a sixth sense that allows a character to perceive the mental and emotional state of animals. (Humans are much more difficult to sense, because of their more complex cognition and their habit of hiding their thoughts and emotions. For this reason, there is a separate Human Empathy skill, and it is more difficult to acquire expertise in it) The exact amount of information perceived depends upon the type of creature being scanned and the power level of the scanning character's success.
Simple success reveals the presence and basic emotional state of one creature within a sphere centered on the sensing character and with a radius, in meters, equal to the power level of the success.
Each additional ·stage of success allows the character to improve that information in one of three ways: (1) double the sphere's radius, (2) reveal all creatures of one species, or (3) reveal the exact emotions and thoughts of a single target creature.
For example, a character who gained a Stage Three success might choose to perceive one creature within four times the normal radius (doubled twice), or know the exact emotions and thoughts of two creatures within the original radius, or perceive the exact emotions and thoughts of one particular creature while keeping tabs on all creatures of a particular species within the original radius.
Animal Empathy is a sixth sense that allows a character to perceive the mental and emotional state of animals. (Humans are much more difficult to sense, because of their more complex cognition and their habit of hiding their thoughts and emotions. For this reason, there is a separate Human Empathy skill, and it is more difficult to acquire expertise in it) The exact amount of information perceived depends upon the type of creature being scanned and the power level of the scanning character's success.
Simple success reveals the presence and basic emotional state of one creature within a sphere centered on the sensing character and with a radius, in meters, equal to the power level of the success.
Each additional ·stage of success allows the character to improve that information in one of three ways: (1) double the sphere's radius, (2) reveal all creatures of one species, or (3) reveal the exact emotions and thoughts of a single target creature.
For example, a character who gained a Stage Three success might choose to perceive one creature within four times the normal radius (doubled twice), or know the exact emotions and thoughts of two creatures within the original radius, or perceive the exact emotions and thoughts of one particular creature while keeping tabs on all creatures of a particular species within the original radius.
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