Re: [BNW] A Sneak with Goggles

[whytcrow@io.com]

>And herein lies the problem.  Sounds like he wants something to 
>protect against the Quirk _and_ still be able to use the Nightvision 
>capability.  I wouldn't let him do both.  Stealth is pretty 
>undervalued compared to most Skill-boosting packages anyway.  I'd 
>say he can still have the Stealth and buy off the vision quirk, but 
>he won't still get the Night Vision.

He doesn't want to buy off the disad...he just wants it so that his 
char isn't stunned by the flash of light versus his Darkvision. 
Nightvision goggles (which I've already told him would be unusable 
with Darkvision) have a light dampener so that the user doesn't get 
blinded.  However, that isn't instantaneous itself--the light has to 
go through to trigger it.  It helps protect their ability to see in 
the dark once they take off the goggles, but it doesn't protect 
entirely.

But that's pretty much my assumption--that he couldn't use something 
to protect against light and still use his ability to see in the 
dark.  (Although I had the scary thought about hte sunglasses, which 
hasn't occured to him, so I was afraid that he could).

I'd rather he didn't--some Quirks I'd allow folks to buy off or get 
around, but this one is so integral to the package...

>Remember the quirk only kicks in when you are _using_ Night Vision 
>(or Dark Vision, as it refers to it a paragraph later). It's not 
>like he has to be squinting constantly when he's walking around in 
>broad daylight. As long as he isn't using Night/Dark Vision, he's 
>fine.  But I wouldn't let him use Night Vision through 
>light-reduction goggles.  All IMO, of course.

I understood that--the char is a theif to start with, so anything he 
could use to protect himself with he'd take.  I'd rather he couldn't.

And Darkvision isn't only usable in pure darkness--any night time 
activity would be fine.  So, I think I'll say the sunglasses would 
protect him from the full light of hte moon, or the flashing neon 
sign outside, but not against turning on the light in the room. 
Sound fair?  Part of it is that he thinks goggles or something would 
look cool for his costume, so I think that's reasonable...but I 
certainly don't want him to be immune to anything I want to throw at 
him.

Jen

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