Two questions...
1: What's Unnatural Int good for aside from Medicae?
2: what the deuce is a "cogitor system"?
I picked up one of these, but I can't tell what all it'll be super good for...
Cortex Implant
Fenrisnorth said:
Two questions...
1: What's Unnatural Int good for aside from Medicae?
2: what the deuce is a "cogitor system"?
1: It grants you additional degrees of success on all intelligence based skill tests if I´m not mistaken.
2: Just a fancy name for a computer I believe
Unnatural Intelligence (x2) will net you two extra degrees of succes on any succesful intelligence-based skilltest.
In addition it will lower the difficulty of all such tests by one level. As in difficult (-10) becomes challenging (+0).
It will also serve as a tiebreaker. If (for whatever reason) you are engaged in an opposed int test, perhaps trying to actively outwit someone, or trying to backtrace a heretek, hacking your dataterminal, and both you and your opponent score the same degrees of succes, the one with the unnatural trait comes out on top.
Lastly it is badass. Having a carefully constructed technological marvel surgically implanted in your brain, shows the kind of appreciation for the Omnissiah and his blessed wonders, that just might net you a bonus on social-tests with the AdMech.
The name (I believe) is based on the latin word cogitator, which I believe translates into "thinking" or some variety thereoff.
There is a talent named combat formation (possibly not before Ascension) which lets your whole team take your int bonus (which gets doubled by unnatural int x2) for initiative instead their own Agility Bonus.
Nearyn said:
Unnatural Intelligence (x2) will net you two extra degrees of succes on any succesful intelligence-based skilltest.
In addition it will lower the difficulty of all such tests by one level. As in difficult (-10) becomes challenging (+0).
It will also serve as a tiebreaker. If (for whatever reason) you are engaged in an opposed int test, perhaps trying to actively outwit someone, or trying to backtrace a heretek, hacking your dataterminal, and both you and your opponent score the same degrees of succes, the one with the unnatural trait comes out on top.
Lastly it is badass. Having a carefully constructed technological marvel surgically implanted in your brain, shows the kind of appreciation for the Omnissiah and his blessed wonders, that just might net you a bonus on social-tests with the AdMech.
The name (I believe) is based on the latin word cogitator, which I believe translates into "thinking" or some variety thereoff.
To clarify, it will net you 2 additional degrees of success on OPPOSED tests utilizing that characteristic. The reduction to skill test difficulty is correct.
Does it seem odd that you gain no benefit from Unnatural Intelligence when you're using the base characteristic, but do when it uses a skill based on that characteristic? It does to me.
Unusualsuspect said:
Nearyn said:
Unnatural Intelligence (x2) will net you two extra degrees of succes on any succesful intelligence-based skilltest.
In addition it will lower the difficulty of all such tests by one level. As in difficult (-10) becomes challenging (+0).
It will also serve as a tiebreaker. If (for whatever reason) you are engaged in an opposed int test, perhaps trying to actively outwit someone, or trying to backtrace a heretek, hacking your dataterminal, and both you and your opponent score the same degrees of succes, the one with the unnatural trait comes out on top.
Lastly it is badass. Having a carefully constructed technological marvel surgically implanted in your brain, shows the kind of appreciation for the Omnissiah and his blessed wonders, that just might net you a bonus on social-tests with the AdMech.
The name (I believe) is based on the latin word cogitator, which I believe translates into "thinking" or some variety thereoff.
To clarify, it will net you 2 additional degrees of success on OPPOSED tests utilizing that characteristic. The reduction to skill test difficulty is correct.
Does it seem odd that you gain no benefit from Unnatural Intelligence when you're using the base characteristic, but do when it uses a skill based on that characteristic? It does to me.
Logical thinking is heretical.
Letrii said:
Unusualsuspect said:
Nearyn said:
Unnatural Intelligence (x2) will net you two extra degrees of succes on any succesful intelligence-based skilltest.
In addition it will lower the difficulty of all such tests by one level. As in difficult (-10) becomes challenging (+0).
It will also serve as a tiebreaker. If (for whatever reason) you are engaged in an opposed int test, perhaps trying to actively outwit someone, or trying to backtrace a heretek, hacking your dataterminal, and both you and your opponent score the same degrees of succes, the one with the unnatural trait comes out on top.
Lastly it is badass. Having a carefully constructed technological marvel surgically implanted in your brain, shows the kind of appreciation for the Omnissiah and his blessed wonders, that just might net you a bonus on social-tests with the AdMech.
The name (I believe) is based on the latin word cogitator, which I believe translates into "thinking" or some variety thereoff.
To clarify, it will net you 2 additional degrees of success on OPPOSED tests utilizing that characteristic. The reduction to skill test difficulty is correct.
Does it seem odd that you gain no benefit from Unnatural Intelligence when you're using the base characteristic, but do when it uses a skill based on that characteristic? It does to me.
Logical thinking is heretical.
Logic, being a skill, is well within the purview of the bonus granted by a Good quality Cortex Implant. Therefore, it can acceptably be used by members of the Inquisition in the course of rooting out heretics. Accusing an Inquisitor of heresy is heresy. *BLAM*
Unusualsuspect said:
Letrii said:
Unusualsuspect said:
Nearyn said:
Unnatural Intelligence (x2) will net you two extra degrees of succes on any succesful intelligence-based skilltest.
In addition it will lower the difficulty of all such tests by one level. As in difficult (-10) becomes challenging (+0).
It will also serve as a tiebreaker. If (for whatever reason) you are engaged in an opposed int test, perhaps trying to actively outwit someone, or trying to backtrace a heretek, hacking your dataterminal, and both you and your opponent score the same degrees of succes, the one with the unnatural trait comes out on top.
Lastly it is badass. Having a carefully constructed technological marvel surgically implanted in your brain, shows the kind of appreciation for the Omnissiah and his blessed wonders, that just might net you a bonus on social-tests with the AdMech.
The name (I believe) is based on the latin word cogitator, which I believe translates into "thinking" or some variety thereoff.
To clarify, it will net you 2 additional degrees of success on OPPOSED tests utilizing that characteristic. The reduction to skill test difficulty is correct.
Does it seem odd that you gain no benefit from Unnatural Intelligence when you're using the base characteristic, but do when it uses a skill based on that characteristic? It does to me.
Logical thinking is heretical.
Logic, being a skill, is well within the purview of the bonus granted by a Good quality Cortex Implant. Therefore, it can acceptably be used by members of the Inquisition in the course of rooting out heretics. Accusing an Inquisitor of heresy is heresy. *BLAM*
Actually that's a matter for the Conclave to decide.
"My apologies, Lord Inquisitor. The other inquisitor was apparently working under cover, and did not show or indicate Inquisitorial rank. It was only after I searched his remains for more information on the source of his heresy that I found the rosette. Whoops."
Fenrisnorth said:
1: What's Unnatural Int good for aside from Medicae?
Unless your party has a biomancer, the implant will prove its worth through medicae alone. Especially when other characters get a talent so they always count as lightly wounded.
That 'reducing the difficulty of the test' bit means that you get a +10 to all int based tests. Not much, but look through the table at the start of the skills chapter to see which skills are int based.
As for opposed int tests, how often do they come up for you ?
Bilateralrope said:
Fenrisnorth said:
1: What's Unnatural Int good for aside from Medicae?
Unless your party has a biomancer, the implant will prove its worth through medicae alone. Especially when other characters get a talent so they always count as lightly wounded.
That 'reducing the difficulty of the test' bit means that you get a +10 to all int based tests. Not much, but look through the table at the start of the skills chapter to see which skills are int based.
As for opposed int tests, how often do they come up for you ?
Only int-based skills, not all int-based tests, benefit from the reduced difficulty. And that, only for non-opposed tests.
And yeah, its worth it just for the medicae.
Nearyn said:
The name (I believe) is based on the latin word cogitator, which I believe translates into "thinking" or some variety thereoff.
Is it really called "Cogitor" in this instance? I'm actually very used to see "Cogitator" as a term for 40k computers and "Cogitation" for computing, similar to how a Vox is a radio, and to vox means to using it.
Naw, it's Cogitator, I just failed my Linguistics (Trivial +60) skill check somehow.
Phew, consistency ftw then. And no worries - it takes some time to get used to these "40k'ified" terms. They're great for roleplaying, though. Gives every dialogue that special pseudo-gothic touch we all know and love.
Lynata said:
They're great for roleplaying, though. Gives every dialogue that special pseudo-gothic touch we all know and love.
You can do more, though - when the Tech-Priest starts talking about electromancy (being a method of divining events in other times and places using electromagnetic radiation) rather than scanner/sensor/augur/auspex readings, you're even closer...
Integrating such a marvel of Archeotech into your chasis is to become more at one with the Omnisiah, such an act being logical because flesh is weak. ALL PRAISE THE OMNISIAH! An Adept blessed with such artiface will find their cogitations and rituals to be aproximately 47.32874% more efficient [full iteration here]. Full integration of a Cortex Implant into your augmetic catalogue is therefore an honour that must not be passed up. OBEY! Declination of such augmentation is illogical. To be illogical is to be defective. PURGE ALL DEFECTS!
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Your Intelligence tests are one degree of difficulty (consider it a +10 if this is easier), you get an extra degree of success on successful Intelligence-based skill tests, your attribute bonus is doubled and you win tied-rolls. There are a LOT of Intelligence based skills, so this is HUGE! Of course the hard part is FINDING one of these beauties!
Hope your TechPriest made some friends along the way, because it is an obscenely difficult Inquiry roll to locate one of suitable quality. You know, one of those pesky Fellowship-based skills that you never trained... Also, when you do cease biological functions be prepared for a Magos to show up and cart your skull off, augmetics and all.
Lol, actually, it's in a RT game, so I chose it as one of the "freebies" at char creation, and used 200xp to bump it to "good" quality, but yeah, stupid fellowship, why can't everyone just be logical?