danger sense and mentally challenged folk

[garhkal]

Am currently about 11 chapters into the SW novel, the Approaching Storm, where Obi-wan, Anakin, Barris Offee and Luminua are on a planet trying to mediate a dispute that can see the planet shift to joining the separatists or not.

One thing in that novel, was the local hutt, who figured out 'if someone's mentally imparred' danger sense wouldn't twing on their wanting to harm/capture you (as it was done on Barris offee)..

Has anyone ever thought of that for a game? Where the mentality of the individual can act as a buffer against danger sense? Like say a hungry animal has no malice towards his intended lunch, so danger sense won't twing to warn the jedi??
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[Naaman]

Sounds dubious to me... but, I interpret danger sense as more than just detecting the intent to attack. Instead, I look at it as the detection of danger itself ("I'm the only human who can do it."... "You must have Jedi reflexes if you race pods.").

Im sure there are other examples I could dig up, but for example, a droid's attack is not protected from danger sense, despite the fact that droids dont "think" (else there'd be none of us here), so the "intent" or "malice" is not what is setting off the danger sense.

Bottom line: I just disagree with the novel, I guess.

[garhkal]

It was an interesting way to change things up. BUT i agree, it is kind of straining credulity especially since the films have shown danger sense working differently..
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[Whill]

[Bren]

[Raven Redstar]

Gonna quote Chirrut in Whill's signature:

[CRMcNeill]

It's plausible, IMO. We already have precedent in the SWU of some alien races being resistant to the Force (Hutts and Toydarians). I could see it as a modifier that pushes Difficulty levels higher than normal, say +5 or +10. Let the Jedi roll to bring up Danger Sense at the normal Moderate Difficulty, but dont tell him that the modifier pushed the Difficulty to Very Difficult for threats from that particular character.
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[Naaman]

No-one tends to agree with my way of doing things, but I'll actually allow a sneak roll against a modified difficulty to overcome the danger sense power (since sneak is a perception skill).

In many cases, I'll allow a perception based skill to overcome an opposing sense roll, but the perception skill takes a penalty in doing so (but is usually still better than rolling just "perception").

[Urban Spaceman]

Danger Sense isn't always to let you know of an attack from a persons emotional state though, is it?
For example, Luke tried to stop Chewie from reaching out for the meat trap on Endor. I'd never read that as Luke picking up some malicious feelings from nearby Ewoks, more that he sensed the danger itself, and realised the meat was a trap (slightly too late in that case).

Unless the hunk of meat was a particularly malicious hunk of meat, of course.


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[MrNexx]

Of course, it depends on how Danger Sense works. Is it empathic ("I can sense this person has feelings towards killing me") or precognitive ("I see a flash of the future in which I am being killed")? In the first case, then you might get a defensive benefit from not having conventional emotional reactions to things. If it's precognitive, it's irrelevant what you're feeling... a droid will trigger it just fine, because it sees the thing happening, not the emotions that lead to it.
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