Condition adjective change/removal
Too much info imo...

Had thought about this earlier and the other stat-check thread reminded me.

The current ability to 'ht' someone and get their condition has been bothering me as of late. Not so much internally, but externally, as having played for long enough I know within a certain margin which each adjective implies stat-wise. For me? I don't like having this sort of information. I try to maintain a certain level of cognitive dissonance that anyone could secretly be a badass, then I look at them or ht them, and suddenly I'm given way more insight into their stats than I'd like.

I'm suggesting a universal scale to condition, with the normal damage/fatigue modifiers setting in as it does now, but with a "flat" scale from something like "perfectly healthy" downward. That way I don't know the quiet unassuming artist is secretly a fucking brick.

This could also be replaced with other modifiers, based on PCP or Medical. Someone with high enough PCP could tell someone is burdened by their weight. Or someone with high enough Medical could tell they had certain diseases.

I think it'd be a far better (and less meta) alternative to the current system.

100% agree with this. I think it's utter garbage when people metagame this, and especially so when they're wearing a disguise. 'Oh, this shrouded lump of cloth looks PHENOMINALLY HEALTHY- BETTER BUZZ OFF!' Mega eye-rolls.

Perfectly healthy - 95+%

Healthy - 90%

Banged up - 70+%

Beaten down - 50+%

Horribly injured - 30+%

Critically wounded - 10+%

Grasping at life 5+%

Also, while we're at it, can we please remove descriptions that people automatically tend to meta? Things like being bruised can't be seen under a poncho, and someone wincing in pain while hooded might just be your local lana junky.

@Reefer

It'd be a lot of checks per look, so maybe some kind of 'gauge' command?

PCP + INT + Forensics = Current burden level, whether they might be disguised or not, wounds they're trying to hide (stealing from Talon here, since maybe someone 'wincing' is actually hobbling along, hand on a wound, favoring one side)

PCP + INT + Medical = Possible diseases + wounds they're trying to hide as above

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This is probably pretty obvious for veterans, but maybe not so much for newer people in the role, or people who haven't used cyberware extensively.

A cyberdoc being able to I.D. PDS symptoms codedly would be pretty neat as well.

"You see Jobaka is clenching his jaw reflexively and has a steady tremor in both hands - textbook class 1 PDS symptoms."

I think this could be a cool change and I support perception/int/forensic checks to get that data. This has been one of those IC/OOC handwavy things that I've struggled to explain IC, especially if the player is puny or thin or whatever. What exactly am I keying into that gives away how spectacular they are? Equally odd if they are a fat PC.

One of the things about SD that is so fun is not knowing without the RP. Getting massively outclassed because you didn't do your research seems to add to this. I love that we can't just go "Oh shit, he's level 99, retreat" (mostly). I think this would add to the mystery and danger of the Dome.