Life Sense... how does this power work?

[Kilgore]

Hello


There is a Force Power called "Life Sense" in my oppinion it is very poorly described and I would like to hear from you how you interpret this power.


When they say that you can SENSE a persons Presence, what do they mean? Is it a power that can be used to locate a certain individual or what the #¤%"% do they mean?

[Gry Sarth]

Life Sense and Life Detection are two very important powers that I fear were not handled all that well by WEG. First of all, their names are a bit confusing and misleading. Basically Life Sense is used to actively search for an individual you wish to find, and it might give you some extra knowledge on that individual's conditions. Life Detection is more like a passive "force radar", warning the Jedi of approaching life forms and possibly giving some insight into them

By the way, here's my personal, tweaked version of Life Detection:

Life Detection
Sense Difficulty: Varies based on detection radius:
Range Difficulty
5m Very Easy
10m Easy
20m Moderate
50m Difficult
100m Very Difficult
200m Heroic
+5 for each additional 100 meters.
This power may be kept up.
Effect: This power allows the Jedi to detect the location of living beings that might otherwise remain hidden from their normal senses. When the power is activated, the Jedi knows the location of all life forms around him in the power’s effective radius – if the power is kept up, the Jedi may know whenever a living being enters his detection radius.
The Jedi can choose to focus the power in a single arc (front, back, left, right, above or below), in which case all ranges are doubled (Very Easy – 10m, Moderate – 40m, etc.).
Force users who don’t want to be detected by the power user can add their control to the detection difficulty.
If Jedi beats the difficulty by 5 or more points, he is aware if a target is sentient or not and has a rough idea of its size. If Jedi beats the difficulty by 10 or more points, he has a clear notion of the target’s shape and size and can identify species he’s familiar with; the Jedi is also aware if a target has Force skills (yes or no), is Force-sensitive (yes or no), or if they have met before (yes or no), and if yes, what their identity is. However, if there are many living beings in the Jedi’s detection radius, it takes time to sift through them all in search of specific characteristics, just like surveying a crowd by sight.
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[garhkal]

Here is the power's write up.

[Kilgore]

Hmmm... ok


But let's say a Jedi is searching for a person.

Can The Jedi activate this power and sense that the wanted person is in a town 400 miles away (if the Jedi managed to roll high enough ofcourse)?

[Gry Sarth]

Yes, he can. Provided he makes the high difficulty roll.
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[garhkal]

Though he must know or hav info on said person... well more than just a poster to me at least.
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[Gry Sarth]

Yeah, even though the Relationship modifier would allow for the search of a complete stranger, I'd rule that you would have to have been in the presence of your target at least once before. You would have to have some idea of his "Force signature" or something.
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[Kilgore]

I do not think it will be very likely that the Jedi in our story will be able to locate a complete stranger og another race on the other side of a planet.

There are many modifiers that will raise the difficulty to extreme heights.

In my game I have imposed a limit on the level a Jedis Force Powers can reach, that is different for each Jedi, in order to symbolize their different degree of connection to The Force.

Sort of a way to descripe the difference between a Jedi like Kenobi or Mace compared to the average RPG Character Jedi.

[jmanski]

So you limit one's force skill levels? Is this for PCs or just NPCs?
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[Kilgore]

Both.


But I had a talk with the players who choose to play Jedi and none of them have a problem with this limitation, as long as the limitation is not 2D or something in that neighourhood.