Computer Empathy
Attribute: Empathy
With the Computer Empathy skill, a character can sense the flow of data within a computer or computer network. Tills allows the character to react more quickly and smoothly to changes in the data flow, making Computer Operation checks easier. The character must be physically touching a computer (whether keyboard, screen, or processor) in order to initiate the empathy. When the character makes a test of this skill, empathic power level determines how much Computer Operations is enhanced by.
Basic success means the character can sense the interior workings of the single computer that is being touched, revealing any interior damage or any problem areas in its electronic flow. Stage Two success allows the character to empathically "read" any data the computer is accessing, which lowers by one step the difficulty rating of all Computer Operation checks the character is doing (and you could even "read" the computer without looking at the screen). Stage Three allows the character to sense the interior workings of anyone computer to which his or her own is connected (by modem, for instance), or to "read" all data stored within the computer being touched, even data that is not presently being accessed. A Stage Four success means the character can "read" any data being accessed by a computer that is in communication with the one being touched. Stage Five allows the character to empathically "read" data stored within that distant computer. Stage Six means the character can perform Computer Operation checks at two steps of difficulty lower than normal (Hard Difficultly becomes Standard Difficulty, for instance).
With the Computer Empathy skill, a character can sense the flow of data within a computer or computer network. Tills allows the character to react more quickly and smoothly to changes in the data flow, making Computer Operation checks easier. The character must be physically touching a computer (whether keyboard, screen, or processor) in order to initiate the empathy. When the character makes a test of this skill, empathic power level determines how much Computer Operations is enhanced by.
Basic success means the character can sense the interior workings of the single computer that is being touched, revealing any interior damage or any problem areas in its electronic flow. Stage Two success allows the character to empathically "read" any data the computer is accessing, which lowers by one step the difficulty rating of all Computer Operation checks the character is doing (and you could even "read" the computer without looking at the screen). Stage Three allows the character to sense the interior workings of anyone computer to which his or her own is connected (by modem, for instance), or to "read" all data stored within the computer being touched, even data that is not presently being accessed. A Stage Four success means the character can "read" any data being accessed by a computer that is in communication with the one being touched. Stage Five allows the character to empathically "read" data stored within that distant computer. Stage Six means the character can perform Computer Operation checks at two steps of difficulty lower than normal (Hard Difficultly becomes Standard Difficulty, for instance).
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