COMMUNICATION

Effect: Sensory

Action: Free

Range: Extended

Duration: Sustained

Cost: 1 point per rank

You can communicate over a distance using a medium other than your voice. Choose a sense type as the medium for your communication (infrared, ultrasonic, radio, or mental communication, for example). You may also use a special sense type (neutrinos, gravitons, magical sendings, and so forth) noticeable only to the appropriate form of Detect (see page 103). Base range for Communication is 10 feet at rank 1. Each additional rank increases range as shown on the Extended Range Table. It can extend even further with the Dimensional power feat (see page 108). Communication is instantaneous with any subject within your range.

The recipient of your communication must be within range and have a means of perceiving your transmission (a receiver of some sort; a score of 1 or more in all mental abilities is all that’s needed to receive Mental Communication). You can receive Communication of the same medium as your own. Receivers can choose to ignore your Communication, if they wish. Communication is language- dependent; you and the subject must share a common language (see Comprehend to communicate across language barriers). Your Communication is point-to-point (sent to a single receiver within your range).

Others with an acute sense able to detect your Communication medium can “listen in” on your transmissions with a Notice check (DC 15 + your power rank). The eavesdropper must be within normal sensory range of you or the receiver. Your transmissions can be blocked or “jammed” by powers such as Dazzle or Obscure affecting your medium.

POWER FEATS

• Selective: If you have the Area extra, you can choose which receiver(s) within range get your Communication, excluding everyone else. This allows you to go from a single receiver (point-to-point) to all potential receivers in range (omni-directional) or anywhere in between.

• Subtle: Your Communication cannot be “overheard” (it is encrypted, scrambled, or otherwise protected). If you apply the feat twice, your Communication cannot even be detected (that is, no one can tell you are even transmitting, much less what you’re saying).

EXTRAS

• Area (+1): You can broadcast omni-directionally to every receiver within your maximum Communication range.