RE: IRe: More ideas on B5 (spoiler alert

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I think it would be a good idea to make them a system like firecon etc	

and limit a telepath to effecting one shadowship. Possible a
confontation   
role each turn on 1d6. If the shadow ship wins it proceeds as normal
else   
it can't fire or move.
By making a telepath a "system" they can be lost due to threshold hits.
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From:  FTGZG-L[SMTP:FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk]
Sent:  22 August 1996 11:10
To:  FTGZG-L
Subject:  RE: IRe: More ideas on B5 (spoiler alert!)

Just in case..There is a spoiler for Walkabout in this message..
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Considering that we now know that the shadows can be stopped
(briefly) by telepaths, I was wondering how do we incorporate
telepaths into FT for B5?

Should we consider a telepath on board a ship, part of the ships
systems for the sake of practicality?  Or is the telepath only
affected by mental overload from the shadows  themselves.  Entailing
a separate mental attack phase?

Or should they be susceptible to the physical damage taken by the
ship (although if this was a shadow attack, damage would seem likely
to be total).

One thing that seems certain is that the telepath system should  only
have a single arc of  'fire'.  This is because the shadow ship must be
in   

line of sight for the telepaths abilities to work.

One question to ponder is  would the use of telepaths completely   
unbalance
 a B5 battle involving the shadows?
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Niall Gilsenan
Dublin Institute of Technology,
Cathal Brugha St,
Dublin,Ireland.