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Animal Empathy s a sixth sense that
allows a character to perceive the mental and emotional state of animals
(humans are much more difficult to sense, because of their more complex
cognition and their habit of hiding their thoughts and emotions; for
this reason, there is a separate Human Empathy skill, and it is
more difficult to acquire expertise in it). The exact amount of
information perceived depends upon the type of creature being scanned
and the power level of the scanning character's success.
Simple success reveals the presence
and basic emotional state of one creature within a sphere centered on
the sensing character and with a radius, in meters, equal to the power
level of the success.
Each additional stage of success
allows the character to improve that information in one of three ways:
(1) double the sphere's radius, (2) reveal all creatures of one species,
or (3) reveal the exact emotions and thoughts of a single target
creature.
For example, a character who gained a
Stage Three success might choose to perceive on creature within four
times the normal radius (doubled twice), or know the exact emotions and
thoughts of two creatures within the original radius, or perceive the
exact emotions and thoughts of one particular creature while keeping
tabs on all creatures of a particular species within the original
radius.
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