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Biff Dyskolos:
I would be interested in hearing how other people are using the Supernatural Sense power. Specifically, how do you gauge the power difference between Strange Sense [-1], Strange Senses [-2] and Broad Senses [-3].

KnightFerrous:
I had one idea for an Emissary of Santa who had the supernatural sense of smell. People smelled like Freshly baked cookies if they were generally good, or smelled like coal if they were generally bad.

Rel Fexive:
I think it's what I would use for my old idea of a cop who can do the whole "tracking spell" thing without a spell or circle.  All he needs is to touch (for a given amount of time) something associated with the person he is looking for - a personal item, their blood, the murder weapon they used (in the sense that the act imprints their "aura" on the weapon), that kind of thing.  Then he gets a vague impression of direction and distance.  It's just that I can't see any other power for it that isn't spell-casting.

As an aside, Supernatural Sense seems to be the right power to give (click to show/hide)Agent Tilly in Changes, too.

Biff Dyskolos:

--- Quote from: Rel Fexive on April 24, 2010, 03:15:20 PM ---I think it's what I would use for my old idea of a cop who can do the whole "tracking spell" thing without a spell or circle.
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This sounds the same as He Who Walks Behind...


--- Quote from: OS:74 ---Supernatural Sense (Senses) [–2] May “impossibly” track its prey, assuming it has access to a fresh ritual component from its target—fresh blood or hair, its True Name, etc…
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The above quote is one of the reasons I am having problems differentiating between the three power levels of Supernatural Sense (Strange Sense [-1], Strange Senses [-2], Broad Senses [-3]). The description for He Who Walks Behind seems to fit the text for Strange Sense [-1]...


--- Quote from: OS:165 ---In situations where you might be penalized or otherwise told that it’s impossible to sense something, you can nevertheless attempt to sense the thing you’ve defined, without penalty.
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Normally, tracking someone like this would be impossible, right? However, this power's cost is the same as Supernatural Sense (Senses) [–2]; but it does not fit the description...


--- Quote from: OS:165 ---You may instead define a small set of up to three thematically related supernatural senses.
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The text for Supernatural Senses seems a bit vague to me and the few examples seem to add confusion to the vagueness.

Me, confused. Help!?

Moriden:

--- Quote ---You may instead define a small set of up to three thematically related supernatural senses.

The text for Supernatural Senses seems a bit vague to me and the few examples seem to add confusion to the vagueness.
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no idea if this helps or not, but some thing ive toyed with for this are being able to smell virgins/innocent people [purity], see deception like smoke curling of of someone[impurity]. and  identify truly corrupt individuals by feeling a strange kinship with them. those are some that i was tinkering with for a demon npc. but i figured it might work as an example. the thematically related element is that there all tied to purity/impurity of the target and are three separate sense essentially smell sight and touch respectively.

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