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[Gry Sarth]

That's a good first draft, Chesh, though it certainly needs more work. I like the general direction, I just think we can make the mechanics a bit more clear, as it is it's weird to have size difficulties in one place and damage difficulties in another. On the flavor stuff, I like the historical view. A "sphere of water" underwater seems a bit strange, maybe we could find a better definition for it, maybe something to do with "surface tension" or whatever tha force that governs bubbles is called.

I'll try to take a stab at it tomorrow...
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[cheshire]

Maybe in the last paragraph we could say something to the effect of:

The aquatic force does 4D damage, though scale varies depending on the size of the bubble. It is character scale for 1-5 meters in diameter; speeder for a bubble 6-14 in diameter; and walker scale for a bubble 15-20 meters in diameter.

Or should we include the scale in the difficulty?

Easy for a bubble 1-2 meters in diameter (character scale); Moderate for a bubble 3-5 meters in diameter (character scale); Difficult for a bubble 6-9 meters in diameter (speeder scale); Very Difficult for a bubble 10-14 in diameter (speeder scale); Heroic for a bubble 15-20 meters in diameter (walker scale).

[cheshire]

Inspiration struck me in the shower. Please give me feedback on this power. I think it's good, but it may need some tweaking. I'm especially interested in knowing whether or not it needs any prerequisite powers.

[PsiberDragon]

Required powers: Hibernation Trance and Absorb/Dissipate Energy.
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[Gry Sarth]

[cheshire]

I think he means with the Raise/Lower Temperature

[Gry Sarth]

D'oh! I didn't even see that you'd posted it. In that case I guess those pre-reqs make sense....

I like the power, but I'm not sure a bonus to Survival is the way to go. The way I see it, Survival would mean knowing HOW to keep yourself warm (finding insulation, making a fire, gutting a Tauntaun, etc) but not resisting cold with your body. That, I think, would be Stamina, or simply Strength. Another thing, a Jedi could use this power to mask his heat signature from sensors, or some alien species....
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[cheshire]

My only thing about so radically changing your temperature that you can fool sensors and things is that the Jedi should be restricted to keeping their bodies within certain parameters. Once you drop your temperature so low, it winds up stopping your heart. Raise it too high, and the protiens in your brain denature and break down.

I'm pretty negotiable as far as the mechanics, but I have done a little bit of research for this one. I've looked at some WEG stats for body gloves, armor and things of that sort. They usually go one of two directions. They either add to the survival and stamina rolls for living in the environments. (That being the case, you're right, and I should add to the stamina roll in addition to survival.)

They other direction they go is to designate in what temperature range it allows the wearer to survive. In terms of the Force power, it seemed too complicated to try to figure out at what ranges a human could survive, let alone if it were an alien Jedi, and do a chart based on difficulty.

Given that precident, would it be fair to just add stamina in addition to the surivival roll?

[cheshire]

[Jedi Skyler]

I see a couple possibilities for the Control Body Temperature idea...

First and foremost, it allows the Jedi to survive in adverse environments. In this scenario, I'd even think this power would be used to maintain one's body temperature, rather than actually raising or lowering it. Thus the Jedi can shrug off uncomfortably high or low temperatures, and can survive for a period of time in severely adverse conditions.

The second idea revolves around adjusting one's body temp to fool IR sensory devices. I'm wondering if we could perhaps tweak this even further so that the Jedi isn't actually altering their whole body's temperature; rather, they're changing the surface temperature, which would basically be what the sensors would detect. Certainly, the Jedi couldn't keep this up indefinitely, as skin damage would occur and could possibly spread to the organs. But I would think it would provide a temperate zone- a buffer, if you will, that could fool sensors without putting the Jedi in danger of raising or lowering their core temp to dangerous levels.

What do ya think?

[PsiberDragon]

*wry grins*

I'm thinking that it using the 2d idea... it might be a good way to keep a tan through the winter months...
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[cheshire]

So, what I'm hearing is that the power really should be used to do both baffle heat sensors and survive in drastic conditions?

I've been thinking about it and it's science fiction, not science. I think I can draft some simple mechanics to drop in. I'll post them today or tomorrow. Anyone wanting to tinker with them can.

[Gry Sarth]

You're right, Star Wars science doesn't have to be completely realistic. I like Skyler's idea of controlling your inner temperature to sustain environmental extremes or your external temperature to fool sensors and the like. It's a decent explanation, with an imposed limit of how long you can mask your heat signature before you start taking damage from frostbite, etc.

Allowing for this "sensor mask" option just adds a little flair to an otherwise pretty dull power.

And I agree that it should be called Control Temperature instead of Raise/Lower...
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[Ejacobs]

Well, from a medical perspective, the largest organ on the human body, or any body for that matter is the skin. Actually changing the surface temperature would wreak havoc on internal systems. I think something that speeds up or slows down the particles surrounding the Jedi to heat up or cool down to baffle IR sensors or creature vision while at the same time keeping the Jedi comfortable would work. However, now that I think of it, using the Force is not always the most "comfortable" thing to do, so perhaps actually cooling or heating your skin would require some Stamina rolls after a certain duration to maintain it or risk self injury. Yeah, I like the second point better.

Hope I was able to adequately confuse.
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[Kayle Skolaris]

Okay, how about this... Two separate powers: Maintain Body Temperature and Aura of Cold. The second power saps the heat energy from a layer of air about five centimeters from the skin while holding in the heat within that area. This lets you avoid frostbite while providing stealth against IR sensors. You need Maintain Body Temperature as a prerequisite for Aura of Cold. I leave the details to you fine folks to hammer out.

Alter Temperature is another power that leaps to mind that actually affects the ambient temperature around the Jedi. This power would require Maintain Body Temperature and Aura of Cold and would mainly be useful for helping a group of people stay warm or cool.

You could really extrapolate for days on this same basic theme... If it could concievably be accomplished by pyrokinesis or cryokinesis, it's fair game.